WVM2011-18
August UPDATES
Ccl AGENDA Sept 12
Calendar to Sept 22nd
by
Carolanne Reynolds, Editor
www.WestVan.org
My friends, love is better than
anger.
Hope is better than fear.
Optimism is better than despair.
So let us be loving, hopeful, and optimistic. And
we'll change the world.
MAIN ITEMS, ccl mtg Monday Sept 12: WV Cmnty Ctrs
Services Society's Strategic Plan 2011-15; MyOwnSpace Housing
Society Delegation; LEED Canada Existing Building Award (Library);
OCP/Zoning Amendments for Kiwanis; M Auditor-General; DVP 1148 20th;
Devt Applic Status List; Correspondence (lots! -- timeliness of
posting of cmte/WG mtgs; Finance Cmte and Library Bd minutes; PkR
overpass/access/egress; M A-G; bus shelters; removal of trees Haywood
permitted? at Design Review mtg, and Weston Park; Arts in Ambleside;
NO to PSB)
= Vive le Canada (National Peacekeepers' Day;
Brazil; Acadians; Nunavut; Gur Sikh Temple); from the EDITOR'S DESK
(RoyalTea-by-the-Sea; AmbRevit/AmbNOW); UPDATES & INFO
(field/parks; green waste; golf; invasive plants; WV Fdn
Scholarships)
= UPDATES since end of July (events/mtgs; see list
of topics at beginning): A (Aug 19th, Friday 3am includes
RTea); B (26th, Friday 4:26am includes Layton); C (Sept
2nd, Friday 3:53pm); D (4th, Sunday just after midnight)
= CALENDAR to Sept 22nd; CULTUREWATCH (Theatre; Art;
Music; Photography); Nature Walks
= AGENDA Ccl Mtg Sept 12
= ANIMALWATCH (two-legged kitten; birds back); INFObits
(WV's Five Top Crash Sites; RCL Canada's largest service org;
Top University in World; Stamps/Cdn inventors; 15-acre Corn Maze; $65B
Siberia-Alaska tunnel; Bolivia's Nat'l Day of the Pedestrian);
PEACEWATCH (CPT in A: Palestine, B: Colombia); HOUSEWATCH (homes:
weirdest, most affordable, most $$$, + homes lost); PHOTOWATCH (CBC's
Listeners' Lens); ROYALWATCH (comments re royal; Prince Philip
cont'd); POLICEWATCH (BlockWatch; Victim Services); List of WVM Titles 2011: 1 - 17;
HERITAGEWATCH (HSBC conference; Heritage Vancouver; Heritage
WV/RoyalTea remarks); STORYWATCH (Aesop); PET RULES; LANGUAGEWATCH
(trains change); WORDWATCH (plurals; car names; 'word'; new:
Anthropocene); VANCOUVER HAIKU GROUP; MAIKU;
QUOTATIONS/THOUGHTS/PUNS
+ August 9 -- Ottawa
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following
statement to mark National Peacekeepers' Day:
"For over 60 years, Canada has sent her sons and daughters
around the world to promote values we hold so dear: peace, democracy,
human rights, and the rule of law. Today, we salute Canada's
peacekeepers, who have always been willing to step forward to serve
our country and the world in times of need.
"Peacekeepers do more than just walk a line, keeping warring
factions apart. They deliver humanitarian aid, help refugees return to
their homes, and ensure their continued safety by clearing mines and
other dangers left over from conflicts. Peacekeepers also help nurture
stable government and human rights by supporting elections, and
training police forces and the judiciary.
"Canada has participated in the majority of United Nations and
NATO peacekeeping operations, sending tens of thousands of men and
women to more than 40 countries on the brink of collapse......
+ August 9 -- S=E3o Paulo, Brazil
... "But way before then, in 1866, even before our provinces
united in Confederation, Canada realized the importance of Brazil by
opening our first trade office here.
"Ten years after that - this is 1876 - we were
pleased to receive a state visit from the Brazilian Emperor Pedro
II, during his trip to North America.
"I must tell you that he stopped and did various things. He
stopped to admire Canada's signature Niagara Falls - declaring
them to be 'most beautiful'.
"But then, patriot that he was, he then declared those of Paulo
Afonso* to be 'more sublime'...
"And there is a charming story of how he received a personal
demonstration of the telephone from Alexander Graham Bell.
"As Bell recited some Shakespeare, the astonished Emperor
blurted out, "This thing talks!'
"But just a year later, in 1877, he brought Brazil - South
America, in fact - its first telephone.
"The fact is that the Emperor's visit was an entirely serious
matter.
"A scouting trip to review the leading technologies of the day
for Brazil's use....
* but it's Iguazu
Falls that are spectacular
+ August 15 -- Ottawa
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following
statement to mark National Acadian Day:
"Acadians were early pioneers of our great country, whose
ancestors helped establish the first French settlement in North
America in the early 1600s.
"They were also a driving force in helping to build New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and parts of
Quebec.
"The Acadian* people endured early hardships with great resolve
and courage to emerge a proud and determined community that continues
to make significant contributions to Canada, in every area of
endeavour. Their customs, traditions, and way of life have
become a distinctive part of Canada's social
fabric......."
* Some went to Louisiana (belonged to France at the time) at
the Expulsion in 1755; Acadian became 'Cajun'.
+ August 22
The sad
news of Jack Layton's untimely death (turned 61 in July) State
Funeral Sat Aug 27.
+ August 23 -- Resolute Bay, Nunavut
PM meets with those involved in rescue and recovery efforts of
First Air Flight 6560
Highlights efforts of first responders, including members of the
Canadian Armed Forces
... He also took the time to address the Canadian Armed
Forces personnel who were participating in Operation Nanook -- the
largest Canadian Arctic military exercise in history -- and who were
instrumental in helping save lives that otherwise might have been lost
in the recent plane crash....
... The Canadian Armed Forces are stationed in Resolute Bay
as part of Operation NANOOK 11 -- a joint Royal Canadian Navy,
Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force operation -- which works
with other federal departments and international partners in order to
provide a visible presence in the Arctic and demonstrate Canada's
ability to respond to emergency situations in the region. It builds
upon previous NANOOK Operations conducted every summer since 2007,
primarily in the eastern and high Arctic....
... More than 1,100 Canadian Armed Forces personnel and 180
members of the Canadian Coast Guard took part in the exercise this
August.
+ August 28 -- Abbotsford, BC
Prime Minister Harper celebrates the centennial of Abbotsford's
historic Gur Sikh Temple
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today visited the Gur Sikh Temple
in Abbotsford, B.C., as part of the year-long centennial
celebrations of North America's longest-standing Sikh
temple.
... Also known as the Abbotsford Sikh Temple, ... was
designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2002....
To celebrate this special milestone, the Government has
contributed to several infrastructure projects and activities through
the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program. Funding
will be used to build a museum within the temple, a mural and monument
commemorating its creation, as well as a new gate to the Gurdwara -
or temple. A series of artistic and cultural activities will also be
held, enabling local residents to celebrate this historic anniversary
along with the Sikh community.
Canada is home to more than 300,000 Sikhs. ...
=== from the EDITOR'S DESK
===
o First of all, this was a difficult issue to cobble
together b/c of such a long time between newsletters. To
keep subscribers up to date four updates were sent (A, B, C, D)
besides other short announcements and my decision was just to include
them in chronological order rather than embed/include them in the
various sections.
Apologies that you then have to look in various places for
the standard sections. There is a table of contents at the
beginning of each Update.
o Besides Bard on the Beach, one of the highlights
of my summer is the RoyalTea-by-the-Sea. Photos appeared
in the NSN (p13) on Sept 7
Procrastinators that we are, the HWV and RT websites shd be
updated soon -- will let you know.
{NB: RTbtS info appears in Update A
below as well as in the Heritage WV section at the
end.}
Tempest in Royal teacup
To those who think it's a 'throwback' to colonial days, are you
not aware Canada is a constitutional monarchy? Moreover we have
oodles of "Royal" bodies. Know what RCMP stands
for?
If those in the air force and navy, ppl who fought for us, this
country, were unhappy 'royal' was removed and are now happy restored,
that's good enough for me. Not to, wd be ungrateful; it's their
name after all.
Loss was imposed; restoration was wanted/requested. It's
their lives. And ours. Make them proud. Keep
identity.
Loyal and Royal.
UEL
Gild the cup.
o Ambleside Revitalization Comm and
AmblesideNOW
- ARC met Tu Sept 6 and expenditures handed out so I was
told. There is nothing on AmbNOW or ARC on the ccl agenda.
Of course they can amend the agenda and add something. In fact
IMO the expenditures since May 31st (the last public info?) shd be
received by Council. A cclr may bring it up (or add it to the
agenda).
- The ARC agenda only had Approval of the Agenda and then
the item to go in camera. Astonished, I wrote before the mtg
that normally there's Adoption of the Minutes but it was
missing. The last minutes showing on the ARC webpage were
dated May 2nd. Also absent was PQP wch by policy is on
all mtgs -- esp if anyone is dedicated to openness and cmnty
input/involvement.
Well, it did have some effect. The minutes for the June 16
and July 6 mtgs were handed out, however there was no PQP (was told
five residents present). Afterward I asked again and this time
Cclr Smith said he'd bring up PQP at the next mtg.
That's good news but it still puzzles me why ccl mbrs aren't
concerned about that and make sure the public is included (there were
six mbrs of Ccl present).
- Joe Redmond, Exec Dir (non-voting and consultant paid
$145/hr) resigned some months ago yet there's no mention of him at all
on the ARC webpage -- he is listed however in the May 2nd minutes.
I was told they were looking for a replacement. One resident was
told the new Chair, Kirsty Farquharson (on the Library Board who
denied their expenditure on custom furniture wch was subsequently
proven to be true), was taking his place, but that can't be. The
other five mbrs are all devprs.
- Still no answers to Polman's Five and have heard
from some subscribers that some experts reject combining Police and
Fire in one bldg. A resident said that even if the PSB
building is built to seismic standards, the adjacent M Hall cd fall
over on it.
- AmblesideNOW-WATCH and background
Answers to Polman's Five promised
for this month?
{btw, is it true the display area of the proposed museum is
only 21%?}
>
AmblesideNow Needs Community Participation on the Arts in
Ambleside
Media
Release
Thursday, July 28
More:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=35486
>
BACKGROUND
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Residents/Level3.aspx?id=19800
>
Museum Study: A Vision For Ambleside -- Friday, July 03,
2009
=== UPDATES & INFO
===
> RUTLEDGE ARTIFICIAL TURF
FIELD -- Opening Sat Sep 10, exhibition
game in afternoon
Construction of the
Rutledge Artificial Turf Field was made possible by a $3 million
contribution by the Govt of Canada and the Province of BC through the
Building Canada Fund - Communities Component. The District of WV
contributed $760,000, and the WV Field Hockey Club and WV Soccer Club
raised close to $1 million for this $4.5 million project and future
amenity improvements.
more
info: http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=35928
Special Event
Note:
An Opening
Celebration will take place September 10, at 11 a.m. at Rutledge
Field, with welcoming remarks and on-field activities. Everyone is
welcome. Beginning at 12:30 p.m., an exhibition game between the
Canadian National Field Hockey team and the Australian National Team
will take place as part of a five-game series of exhibition games
between the two teams. For more information please
visit cangarooclash.com
>
Protect Our Parks No Dumping Please!
Did you know that dumping
yard clippings in parks is illegal, unsightly, and can spread invasive
plants? Please dispose of yard clippings by using your backyard
composter or through the green waste system by putting it curbside for
pickup. There is no weekly limit, and we pick up
year-round.
> GREEN
WASTE
How to prepare green waste
for collection:
* Use a 77 litre garbage
can with a lid and a yellow Green Waste label attached. Pick up a free
label at municipal hall or community centres.
* Tie bundles under
three feet in length with twine.
* Use paper yard
trimmings bags purchased from grocery stores or home improvement
stores.
* Take it to the
transfer station. It costs $6 for up to 100 kg, or $6.50/100kg for
larger amounts. There is no limit.
Please visit
westvancouver.ca/recycling for more details.
> Gleneagles
Golf Course Welcomes James Presnail
James is a member of
Monaghan Golf Inc., the operating team at Gleneagles Golf Course and
Ambleside Par 3 as of August 1. They are committed to enhancing the
golf experience for regulars and new golfers alike, and will be an
integral part of the West Vancouver community. Gleneagles Golf
Course is now offering expanded lesson packages for juniors and adults
with more programs coming in spring.
Please visit
westvancouver.ca/golf for more information.
> Invasive Plants
Report invasive plants in B.C. communities by dialing
1-888-WEEDSBC (1-888-933-3722). The Invasive Plant Council of B.C., in
partnership with the Agriculture Environment and Wildlife Fund,
operates the provincial toll-free hotline to help your community
protect local resources. The hotline is part of Eyes Across B.C., an
outreach and awareness initiative. Invasive plants are the second
greatest threat to biodiversity. They can cause damage to the
environment, the economy, and human health. To find out more about
invasive plants you can also visit www.invasiveplantcouncilbc.ca. The
IPCBC is a grassroots, non-profit society that provides workshops,
activities, and events to educate the public and professionals.
Membership is free and open to anyone willing to work
collaboratively.
Read more:
http://www.nsnews.com/technology/Green+guide/5299876/story.html
+ WEST VANCOUVER COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION AWARDS 2011 SCHOLARSHIPS
The Board of Directors of the West Vancouver Community Foundation
announces the recipients of its 2011 scholarship and awards.
This year's six recipients are:
Andrew Martin of West Vancouver Secondary School was
awarded the Jerry Beckerman Memorial Scholarship.Luke
Rowan of Rockridge Secondary School was awarded the
Faris Family Scholarship.
Eva Jordison of West Vancouver Secondary School was
awarded the Trajan Martin Memorial Award.
Siobhan Brown of West Vancouver Secondary School
was awarded the James A. Inkster Leadership Award.
Nik Marshall of Sentinel Secondary School and Jeff
McKinnon of UBC were awarded the Jeremy Dalton Rugby Endowment
Award.
The WVCF is a non-government, non-profit community foundation
that was founded in 1979. For more information, please visit
www.westvanfoundation.com.
=== UPDATE WVM 17
A compiled for Thursday Aug 18
===
WVM17 had some of the mtgs/events in August (not repeated here).
Except a reminder for the WV Historical Society's barbecue this
Saturday (noon to 3pm on Aug 20th at GLH; was in the
newsletter).
Herewith:
Newly Announced Events; Updates/Info; CULTUREWATCH; Canadiana;
Details; Quotations/Puns {> end}
Missed/Received too late for WVM17 are here with some details
below:
= Sat Aug 20 =
Sixth Annual Hot Rod Car Show at Park Royal
= Tues Aug 23 = Chamber's Power Hour
(Dund)
= Thurs Aug 25 = Field Sport Forum WG at
7:30am
= Sat Aug 27 = H Vancouver's Grandview Walking
Tour
= Sun Aug 28 = Eveleigh Street, a Tour of the
Imagination (Heritage Vancouver, below)
= Tues Aug 30 = Chamber Breakfast Club
(Amb)
= Sat Sept 3 = Alexander McCall Smith visits 32
Books
= Tues Sept 6 = Opening Reception 6 to
8pm
A
Passion for Flowers (Silk Purse)
3
ELEMENTS: Earth, Fire, & Water (FBG)
= Fri Sept 9 =
(First) Fall Walking Tour (Heritage Vancouver)
Updates and Info
o WVPD launches new public crime map (details below)
o Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60 Newsletter, The Torch,
just out (up on their website soon)
Coming Events: Weekend Summer
Barbecues on the Patio - Volunteer Chefs needed;
NShore Candlelight Ceremony, Sept
10th; NShore Branches' Chilli Cook-off, Sept
11th
Please check
the boards in the Lounge for further details!
o RoyalTea-by-the-Sea Saturday August 13th great fun
in the sun sipping Wedding Blend tea to the music of the bagpipes with
encouraging remarks by MP John Weston and MLAs Joan McIntyre and Ralph
Sultan. Much appreciated. WV Ccl no shows -- we'll all
have to work harder if we want to preserve any of our heritage esp
with imminent losses looming.
Pity we only found out about restoring royal to our forces two
days later!
Strange some ppl seem to think it's back to colonialism when in
fact we're a constitutional monarchy and there are many bodies that
have 'royal' in their names -- some argue never shd hv bn removed.
Just think -- we have the RCMP after all, plus the BC Royal Museum,
not to mention the Royal XXII Regiment from Quebec (affectionately
known as the VanDoos).
[More below]
CULTUREWATCH (a
selection)
+ HMS Pinafore, DragonDiva
Operatic Theatre (Bernie Legge Theatre), New Westminster; 2 and 8pm
Aug 19 - 28; 521 5050
+ Clara/Clara,
[Schumann] VSO School of Music; 8pm Aug 18 - 20; 961 7560;
www.songdrama.com
+ Sea of Sand, presented
by The Only Animal at Spanish Banks to Aug 28;
www.theonlyanimal.com
+ Salmon Row, at the
Britannia Heritage Shipyard (Steveston), 8pm Aug 18 to 28;
www.mortalcoil.bc.ca
+Tough! by Norm Foster at Studio 1398 on Granville
Island, Aug 24 - Sept 3; 684 2787
CANADIANA
A bit of
Canadiana:
+ This year our navy celebrates
100 years and its original name has been restored: Royal Canadian
Navy. Same for the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian
Army. (Announced on CBC Monday Aug 15; made official by Peter
Mackay MP the next day.)
+ Next year is the 100th
anniversary of the War of 1812. Many aren't aware that the
Americans invaded Canada. They burned York (early name of
Toronto) so we burned down the White House (1812). Most
Americans unaware we won that one!
DETAILS
= Aug 20 = The 6th Annual Hot Rod
Car Show in The Village
Join us on Saturday, Aug 20th for a super fun, family
experience at The Village at Park Royal. From 9am to 4pm, over 150
beautiful Hot Rods and Classic Cars will be parked on Main Street for
your viewing pleasure. There will also be live music and fun
activities for the kids. There will be an opportunity to vote for your
favourite Hot Rod for a chance to win a Park Royal Gift Card.
= Aug 23 = The Power
Hour
Location: Delany's Coffee House | Dundarave Village
The next "Power Hour Group" will be on Tuesday, August
23rd, 8 - 9am at Delany's Coffee House in Dundarave Village. Have you
been to the Chamber's "Power Hour Group"? We do more
business in an hour than most people do all day. Come and promote your
business to an intimate group of business owners and local
professionals all while enjoying your morning cup of coffee!
[WV Chamber of Commerce: 926 6614 +
http://www.westvanchamber.com]
= Aug 27 = Grandview Walking
Tour
Heritage Vancouver presents - My Grandview: A Walking Tour
August 27, 10 am-12 pm noon / Heritage Vancouver members: $10;
Non-members: $15
Join Heritage Vancouver's first President Michael Kluckner for
a unique look at Vancouver's Grandview neighbourhood. You will roam
over the blocks between Pender and Victoria Drive and First Avenue
east of Commercial Drive, examining rows of builders' houses, the
scattered mansions of a century ago, surviving corner stores,
apartment buildings, and the Franciscan monastery - all in all one
of the most diverse neighbourhoods in Vancouver.
Details/Tickets:
www.heritagevancouver.org= Aug 30 = Chamber Breakfast
Club
Location: Cafe TrafiQ
The next Breakfast Club will be on Tuesday, Aug 30th, 7:30 -
8:30am. New members are encouraged - a great opportunity to establish
new contacts.
[WV Chamber of Commerce: 926 6614 +
http://www.westvanchamber.com]
= Sept 3 = Author
visit!
Saturday... September 3rd at
3pm
MEET Alexander McCall Smith
author of the beloved No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
series
at St. Catherine's Church, Edgemont Village, North
Vancouver
Tix are available at 32 Books & Gallery; $10 includes a $5
coupon toward book purchase
Seating is limited so call to reserve your tickets soon!
www.32books.com -- 32
Books & Gallery, Edgemont Village -- 980 9032
= Sept 6 =
. SILK
PURSE
http://www.silkpurse.ca/gallery2.html
"A
Passion for Flowers"
Opening
reception at the Silk Purse: Tuesday September 6th from 6 to
8pm
~~ September 6 - 18 ~~ Paintings by Irena
Eacott
West Van painter Irena
Eacott is eager to share her passion for flowers and painting with
you. Her use of vivid colour and dynamic composition captures the lush
and lively beauty of everything from springtime buds to flowers in
their full bloom.
.
FERRY BUILDING GALLERY
http://ferrybuildinggallery.com/exhibitions/upcoming_exhibition
"3 ELEMENTS: Earth, Fire, & Water"
-- Sept 6 - 25
Ceramic and watercolour by Jean Pedersen Ellis, Claudia Bos, Olga
Turok
Three artists, as different as the three elements they use, but
united by a shared respect for nature and the loving rigour and
challenge of their art practice, have created a show celebrating
materials and their transformation into art.
*Opening reception: Tuesday September 6th from 6
to 8pm
*Artists in attendance: Saturday September 10th
from 2 to 3pm
. VANCOUVER HERITAGE
FOUNDATION & HERITAGE VANCOUVER
FALL WALKING TOURS
+
http://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/projects/walkingtours.html
+ Sunday, August
28th - Eveleigh Street: a tour of the
imagination. This little known one block long street, lost amidst the
Bentall development, was once home to a number of CPR employees, a
well known architect, and some elegant homes. Discover the residents
and history of this "lost" street on this walking
tour. ALMOST FULL!
+ http://www.heritagevancouver.org/
+ Friday September 9 = (First) Fall Walking Tour
(Heritage Vancouver)
Tours: Second & Fourth Fridays starting Sept 9th (- Nov
25th), noon - 1:30pm, $10 includes HST.
Explore the entire length of Historic Hastings Street in this
two-part tour with guide Maurice Guibord. Second Friday meet across
from the Marine Building at NE Corner of Burrard & Hastings -
Fourth Friday meet at Victory Square at SW corner of Hastings &
Cambie.
Register for Fall walking tours.......
o West Vancouver Police Launch New
Public Crime Map
Date: 2011 August 11 Contact: Cpl. Jag
Johal
Telephone: 604-925-7315
The West Vancouver Police Department (WVPD) recently partnered
with BAIR Software Inc. to launch a new public crime map called RAIDS
Online (Regional Analysis & Information Data Sharing). RAIDS
Online is a free public crime map that better connects police with
their community to help reduce crime and improve public safety. The
WVPD is proud to be the first Canadian agency to provide RAIDS Online
crime maps to their community.
West Vancouver residents have the ability to view crimes
near their homes, schools, work, or other areas of interest and can
also sign up for neighbourhood crime alerts.
Please visit West Vancouver's crime map at
wvpd.ca
o RoyalTea-by-the-Sea
2011
on
Saturday August 13th in Dundarave Park
Bit of a slow overwhelming start but sunny!
The (tea) brewmaster said over 150 cups of tea were served.
The bagpipes are always stirring and uplifting.
I say no more cookies with chocolate -- since a windy and not a
hot day, I certainly did not think the chocolate wd melt, and so
quickly! I'd thought of them as a treat.
The hats were a hoot. The winner had a tricorn with lots
added and the runner-up had lots of pink flowers. Must say, I
was expecting to see more "fascinators" b/c of the Will and
Kate wedding. Many dressed up in attractive special
outfits.
Glad to have MP John Weston there as well as MLA Joan McIntyre
and remarks from Ralph (who was in Vermont but he's been to all of
them except this and last year's).
No one from WV Ccl. Can't help noting that this screamed
how low DWV, or shd I say WV Ccl, rates heritage. No one from
Ccl and not even remarks sent. This is consistent. No
wonder WV no longer has a Heritage Weekend in Sept, Klee Wyck is lost,
and Gertrude Lawson house is teetering on the edge (assumed will be
demolished). Furthermore, as I pointed out at the ccl mtg in
July, there's no longer any heritage WG or cmte, nor even a Ccl
heritage liaison. Going backwards. Worrisome.
Depressing.
Needs determination.
Loss through neglect is a serious problem in heritage. We
must make consistent and concerted efforts to restore and keep our
heritage -- we have so little since we're so new. All the more
reason to value the few heritage assets we have.
Cmnties must go forward, and it helps to know where we've been
and come from.
Live in context, realizing we're in the flow of life.
Back to the tea.
What's also exciting is the kindness and enthusiasm of the almost
70 who came.
Show and tell included stories, a British naval ensign, and a
demonstration of Prince Bertie's Walking Stick.
And that's what cmnty is about. Sharing.
Togetherness, camaraderie.
Honouring our traditions and values, keeping in mind the
critically important role of the monarchy in our society, and having
that special feeling -- enjoying being Canadian, a distinct and
respected character/nationality.
Thank you again for your support for our constitutional monarchy
and my modest effort reminding us to recognize it.
See www.westvan.heritage.bc where there's a link to
www.royaltea.ca with the flyer (one of Heritage West Van's events);
photos will be up soon... group photo of ladies with hats, the two
winners of the hat prizes, ...
LATER:
How timely, two days later it was announced the Royal will be
returned to the Air Force and the Navy. Vive le RCAF et le
RCN!
{qtns moved to end of WVM}
=== UPDATE WVM 17
B compiled for Thursday Aug 25
===
no newsletter yet but news continues, good and bad. Next
WVM (18) won't be out before Sept 9 when the Sept 12 agenda will
be out. There may be an Update C.
In the meantime (numbers courtesy of Alex):
1 Jack Layton; 2
Fish Festival (Aug 28); 3 KMC; 4 CULTURE; 5 Library;
6 AVAAZ; 7 HERITAGE; 8 Art in the Hall; [9]
Qtns/Puns
1 = JACK LAYTON
Of course the most noteworthy item in
Canada just now was the death of Jack Layton not long after turning
61. Yes, he looked gaunt when saying cancer had returned -- in
stark contrast to his campaigning and win May 2nd -- the speed was
faster than anticipated.
Loss of his optimism, idealism, and
inspiration is a loss for all of Canada.
Here's his whole letter penned on the
weekend just before he died in the wee hours of Monday
(22nd)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/08/22/pol-layton-last-letter.html
An excerpt:
And finally, to all
Canadians:
Canada is a great country, one
of the hopes of the world. We can be a better one - a country of
greater equality, justice, and opportunity. We can build a
prosperous economy and a society that shares its benefits more
fairly. We can look after our seniors. We can offer better futures
for our children. We can do our part to save the world's
environment. We can restore* our good name in the world.
...
... consider that we can be a
better, fairer, more equal country by working together. Don't let
them tell you it can't be done.
My friends, love is better
than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair.
So let us be loving, hopeful, and optimistic. And we'll change the
world.
All my very best,
Jack Layton
* lost b/c Harper has not been fair
to both Israelis and Palestinians
2 === FISHWATCH
=== Pink Salmon
Subject: Pink salmon, all about it and recipes
"It's like Cinderella, locked away, cleaning floors. The
sisters won't let her out," says Rob Clark, defending the
mistreated pink salmon.
And that's not all: "It's like the forgotten ugly
ducking, an unwanted child," says Clark, executive chef at C,
Raincity Grill, and Nu restaurants.
The prince is in fine fighting spirit and challenges the
fish-eating public to drop its snooty attitude. Not only is pink
salmon flavourful, it's the most sustainable of salmon species
because of its abundance.
To convince the picky public, on
Sunday August 28, the second biennial Pink Salmon
Festival takes place at Hadden Park by the Maritime Museum,
from noon to 5pm. It's a duel for acceptance. On one side -
3,000 pounds of pinks (salmon). On the other, thousands of
unconvinced palates.
Rest of article by Mia Stainsby:
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/wordofmouth/archive/2011/08/16/pink-salmon-all-about-it.aspx
3 + KAY MEEK CENTRE
o PLEASE NOTE THE BOX OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED FRIDAY
AUGUST 19TH THROUGH UNTIL MONDAY AUGUST 29TH. We apologize
for any inconvenience
o The Fab Fourever
Sunday, September 10th, 7:30pm
Rock.It Boy Entertainment is pleased to present THE FAB FOUREVER
The Complete Beatles Experience. With the authenticity of the
costumes, the close replication of that classic and unforgettable
music and an undeniable stage presence, The Fab Fourever has earned
the right to call [themselves] the "Complete Beatles Experience!"
This tribute band transports you back to a time when the music was the
soundtrack to a generation sparing no small detail in their
reproduction.
Purchase tickets online4
CULTURE
=
THEATRE
~ ARTS
CLUB
Next to Normal
-- Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage --
Starts September 8!
This contemporary musical will shake
audiences to the core with its groundbreaking themes and thrilling
score. Hailed for the empathy and accuracy with which it portrays a
woman coping with bipolar disorder, Next to Normal will find a
place next to your heart.
BUY TICKETS
"I saw the Broadway production and
was struck by the power and immediacy of it," says Bill
Millerd, Arts Club's Artistic Managing Director and director of
the show. "The pop-rock music establishes the currency of the issues
and propels the story forward. This show is unique - it reminds us
that there is no 'normal' in what musicals can present in their
stories and style."
~
JAC
+ Hay
Fever
Andrée Karas and United
Players present Hay Fever by No=EBl Coward, directed by
William B. Davis
Oh, the wit of No=EBl Coward!
There's no one like him! There is no playwright who captures the
sophisticated elegance and archness of the era between the two world
wars like him, and Hay Fever is the epitome of the Coward
style. Inspired by a weekend Coward spent at the house of the actor
Laurette Taylor, Hay Fever is a delicious comedy of (bad)
manners about a family whose theatrical excesses torment a group of
unsuspecting visitors.
In the conflict between Bohemian
eccentricity and bourgeois repressive conventionality, Coward creates
perhaps his greatest comedy, one that never fails to delight and
entertain.
Hay Fever is directed by William B.
Davis (Waste) and features Chris McBeath (as Judith), Meaghan
Chenosky, Christopher Cook, Rebecca Husain, Jordon
Navratil, Melissa Oei, Jack Rigg, Thomas
Saunders, and Nina Shoroplova on stage, with Stevie
Jackson, Asst. Director; Sean Malmas, Set Design; Kate
Carr, Costume Design; Mandi Lau, Lighting Design; Laura
Polnik, properties; Kyla Gardiner, Technical Director;
and Tanya Hill, Stage Manager.
Jericho Arts Centre, 1675
Discovery
Sept 2 - 25 at 8pm; Thurs through
Sun; Tix $16 - $20
Preview: Thurs Sept 1st - tix $10
Talk-back session: Thurs Sept 8th,
after the show. For reservations, phone 604 224 8007, ext.
2
+ SCREAMING
SILENTLY
ME2YOU PRODUCTIONS presents
SCREAMING SILENTLY by Shane Rochon, directed by Heather
Dallas
"What once was hurt, what once
was friction, what left a mark no longer stings because grace finds
beauty in ugly things" -- Bono
Four siblings need to reconcile among
themselves as they prepare for their deceased father's memorial
service. A story on the gift of second chances.
~ WATERFRONT
THEATRE
8pm Sept
1 - 4 Johnny Canuck
on Granville Island 684 2787
www.johnstarkproductions.com
~ METRO
THEATRE
False Pretences
by Eric Chappell. Farce about a trickster's attempt to woo a
rich woman. 8pm Aug 26 to Sept 24; ph 266 7191
metrotheatre.com
=
MUSIC
+ Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra
School of Music Open House Sat August 27 843 Seymour
(next to the Orpheum)
=
ART
DNV Foyer Gallery Aug 31 to
Oct 19; Opening Reception Sept 1st from
6:30 to 8:30pm
Stone Sculptures by Oliver
Harwood and colourful acrylic paintings by Warren
Oneschuk.
The Library is currently accepting donations of high
quality paperbacks and hardcover books (in English) published in the
last 5 years. Please take donations to the checkout
desk Thursday mornings. Individual books may be dropped off at
any time.
= Friday Sept 9 --
Save the Date! Summer Reading Club Medal Presentation
Ceremony
~ 7pm ~ Join us to congratulate the young readers
who have eagerly read and kept a record of their readings for 50 days
or more during the summer.
= English Corner -Come and practise English
conversation.
Meet
Fridays from September 9 - December 16, 10 - 11:30am, Welsh
Hall West.
6 AVAAZ video
in part:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/middle_east_peace_now/?cl=1233645083&v=10042
Too often the media doesn't really tell us what we need to know
to take action. But almost 10 million of us are receiving this email
and can watch this video. If we forward it to enough people, we
BECOME the media, and can determine public opinion. Click below to
watch the video, sign the petition if you haven't yet, and forward
this email to everyone, especially in swing European countries --
let's reach 1 million signers before the UN meeting this week:
Last month the Palestinians presented their bid at the Security
Council. Over 120 countries support them, but the US rejects
the proposal, and is sending a clear message to its European allies
that supporting the legitimate Palestinian bid will strain bilateral
relations. It is now up to us to tell key European leaders that public
opinion is behind this diplomatic non-violent push and that we should
be the basis for policy choices, not whether it will 'upset the
Americans'.
While the majority of Palestinian and Israeli people want a
solution to the conflict based on two states, the extremist
Israeli government continues to approve settlements building in
contested areas. And, despite repeated efforts, decades of US-led
peace talks have failed to rein-in the peace killers and get an
agreement.
NB: over 60% of
Israelis and Palestinians want a two-state
solution
7 HERITAGE
+
INFObits:
- Whistler Museum turned 100 this year. They have daily
walking tours starting at 1pm.
- Fall Fairs: See the list of fairs around BC --
www.bcfairs.ca
+ Heritage BC
= Annual Report
AUGUST 22 2011 -- The 2010 Heritage BC Annual Report is
now available online. The report includes the audited statements for
fiscal year 2010, which will be presented at the Annual General
Meeting on September 30 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in
Burnaby.
View HBC Annual Report online: =BB
www.issuu.com/heritagebc/docs
Download the HBC Annual Report PDF: =BB Annual Report
2010
= ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
FORGING OUR FUTURE SEPT 30 - OCT 1
SHADBOLT CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, BURNABY
Download the Conference Program here: =BB Program PDF
Link to
our website for more details and registration: =BB Online
Registration
http://www.heritagebc.ca/events/annual-conference-registration
8 ART IN THE
HALL August 19 - September 30 (DWV
M Hall)
Keel
Blocks
Photographs (by North Shore News photographer Mike Wakefield) of
the blocks used to support the keels of ships under repair in North
Vancouver shipyards*.
*After decades of sandblasting, welding, priming, and painting,
the scars of the trade were left on the keel blocks. They tell the
story of history, hard work, and the passage of time.
wakefieldphotography@shaw.ca
<mailto:wakefieldphotography@shaw.ca>
~~~ QUOTATIONS /
THOUGHTS/PUNS ~~~ see end
=== UPDATE WVM 17
C ===
[Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:53:48 -0700]
How can it be September already?
Things will start moving quickly now.
Last week Cclr Smith announced he'd be running for mayor and
Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones announced she wd not.
The HST referendum result means we spend maybe the next 18 months
going backwards, paying the feds $1.6B, and spending millions hiring
staff to process the PST/GST (since HST done by Ottawa).
Enjoy sunny Labour Day weekend coming up!
Now for your (salmagundi)
Update.
Pls note events and mtgs in WVM17 or in
Updates A and B are not listed here. These are all new.
Details (except for WG mtg) follow.
Some news and events/mtgs that will occur before WVM18 comes out
(Sept 9/10):
A................................................................................
DWV Website Survey -- INPUT!
Mayor will not run in Nov
Construction/Parking Restrictions 1300 Marine; begins Sept
1
Roundabout in Horseshoe Bay delayed
B................................................................................
Bard on the Beach, start time changes to 7pm on Sept
4
Nature Walks, Stanley Park; Sept 4 and 6
Seatbelts and School Speed Zones Sept 6
Parks Master Plan WG, 6pm Cmnty Ctr (Cedar Room) Tues Sept
6
Fringe Festival Opening Night Gala Sept 6
Tzeporah Berman at Cap College re Climate Change Sept
7
TransLink: Moving Forward Sept 7
C................................................................................
Vancouver Heritage Foundation, Historic Hastings Walk,
Sept 9
LPPS Shoreline Clean-Up Sept 10
Rutledge Field Opening, 10:30am Saturday Sept
10
D................................................................................
Middle Class Salaries (Emerging Markets): The Economist
(how does your income compare?)
PHOTOS -- CBC's Listeners' Lens
PETS :-)
Qtn/Thought/Pun
=87
................................................................................
~~~ DETAILS
~~~
A................................................................................
o DWV WEBSITE
SURVEY
They're asking for your suggestions for the website
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=35650
Website Survey -
We Want Your Input!
Thursday,
August 25 The
purpose of this survey is to collect your feedback on the District's
website and any services you would like to see added in the
future.
TAKE THE
SURVEY!
https://data.grapevinesurveys.com/survey.asp?sid=20118166262712
o
Goldsmith-Jones announces departure
BY BENJAMIN
ALLDRITT, NORTH SHORE NEWS AUGUST 28, 2011
Pam Goldsmith-Jones announced
Wednesday that she would not seek re-election as mayor of West
Vancouver. In an email to district councillors, Goldsmith-Jones
said her short-term priority is to settle some of the decisions
related to the redevelopment of Ambleside.
Read
more:
http://www.nsnews.com/news/Goldsmith+Jones+announces+departure/5319290/story.html#ixzz1Wj2XX9m1
o
Construction on 1300 Block Marine Drive Affects
Parking
Wed, Aug 31 --
Construction begins Thurs September 1 on 1300-block Marine Dr,
to upgrade the sewer system.
All streets will
remain open during construction. There will be a temporary change
to traffic patterns, and no street parking will be allowed
during construction hours (7:30am to 6pm).
Construction
will not take place over the long weekend, and public parking
will be available on the street. Construction will commence
Tuesday, September 6 at 7:30am.
Traffic control
staff will be on site to direct traffic. Please use caution, and keep
children and pets away from the construction site at all
times.
Thank you for your patience as crews work on this important
infrastructure project.
o
Intersection Upgrade for Marine Dr at Keith Rd in Horseshoe
Bay
Friday
September 02 Update: The construction of the roundabout at Keith Road and
Marine Drive has unfortunately been delayed as the District is
working with the Ministry of Transportation for approvals. Approval is
required before the design is completed and construction started.
As a result, construction will not start this year but every
effort is being made to obtain approvals and allow the work to be
ready to construct in the Spring/Summer 2012.
The draft design is available for viewing. Further
updates will be posted as they become available.
See more: http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=34998
B................................................................................
o
BARD ON THE BEACH Update
- There's a special promotion Labour Day
weekend for Bard E-News Subcribers -- subscribe now!
Phone 739 0559; see http://www.bardonthebeach.org/
- SEPTEMBER REMINDER
We are sad to say that summer is almost at an end and the nights
are getting shorter. This means that the Bard evening performances
begin earlier during the month of September.
Beginning Sunday Sept 4th all evening performances at Bard on
the Beach will start at 7pm.
- BARD iPHONE APP
With this app by
B'stro, you can
easily find play synopses, cast bios, multimedia, social media
connections, and ticket and venue information for all the plays and
events happening at Bard on the Beach. You can even find a
Shakespearean insult generator!
o Reconnecting With
Nature
with
David Cook 924-0147 <cookeco2@yahoo.com>
- Sunday September 4th
Title: The Perfect Storm -- 1:30 - 3:30pm
Meet at the parking lot behind Third Beach kiosk in Stanley Park.
Turn right at Tea House after the Hollow Tree.
You will walk with Biologist David Cook through the forest
of Stanley Park where the effects of the storm of 2006 were most
destructive and see how it is recovering after five years of
natural regeneration and human management. We will discuss how such
natural events are beneficial to the long term ecology of a forest. We
will see how we as managers can influence the pace of forest recovery
as well as guide it towards what we require as users of the
forest.
No registration is required but there is a fee of $5 for members
of the Stanley Park Ecology Society, seniors & children and $10
for non-members.
- Tuesday September 6th
Title: Geology of Stanley Park & Burrard Inlet as seen
along the Stanley Park seawall
A stroll through 20 million years of geological history with
Geologist David Cook. Other features will be the roots of 32
million-year-old volcanoes, giant boulders of granite stranded by the
retreating ice sheet, and wave-cut notches formed when the sea-level
was higher. Low tide at the time of our walk will reveal other
features such as wave-cut platforms, concretions in the sandstone, and
joint-sets formed during the mighty forces of crustal plate
movements.
Registration and details for meeting time and
location: 604 228 1461. Refer to "Guided Interpretive
Walks LA102".
o SEATBELT/SPEED LIMIT
INFO
Aug 28 -- The West Vancouver Police wish to
remind parents that all children under the age of nine, unless they
have reached 145 cm (4'9"), must be in an approved childseat.
Failing to do so could cause serious injury or death to a child. A
parent can also be fined $109 for not having a child in an appropriate
child seat. Booster seats can be purchased for as little as
$28.
Most children will be back to school
September 6th and police across the the province will be out in force
enforcing the 30 km/h school zone speed
limit.
Fines range from $196 to $483 including a possible
seven-day impound.
o FRINGE FESTIVAL Opening Night Gala
Sept 6 www.vancouverfringe.com
7pm at Performance Works; Showcase
performances of this year's Fringe; Live Auction follows
o Tzeporah re Climate Change at Capilano
College Sept 7
7:30pm Tzeporah Berman speaks
about Climate Change; 990 7810
o TRANSLINK -- MOVING
FORWARD
We are currently developing our 2012 "Moving Forward"
Supplemental Plan and want to get feedback on the priorities we have
identified and which funding sources should support these
enhancements.
Join us for one of four in-person workshops! Each
session will begin with an open house (6:30 - 7pm), followed by a
presentation and discussion (7 - 8:30 p.m.).
=B7 Wednesday September 7 - Lonsdale Quay Hotel
- 123 Carrie Cates Ct, NV - 6:30 - 8:30pm
=B7 Thurs September 8 - Holiday Inn
Metrotown Salon E - 4405 Central Blvd, Burnaby - 6:30 -
8:30pm
=B7 Wed Sept 14 - Guildford
Recreation Centre Multi-purpose Room, 15105 105 Ave., Surrey - 6:30
- 8:30pm
=B7 Thurs Sept 15 - Evergreen
Cultural Centre, Studio A - 1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam - 6:30 -
8:30pm
Visit our website, at
www.translink.ca/movingforward for additional information and
view our interactive
webinar that took place on July 19.
If you are
unable to attend the in-person sessions, please take a moment to fill
out our online questionnaire (available until September
23).I am the Community Relations Coordinator for the Supplemental
Plan. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any
questions or feedback on the plan.
Sincerely, Kristin
Kristin Lillyman, Community Relations Coordinator |
TransLink
C................................................................................
o Fall Walking Tours --
VANCOUVER HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Fridays Sept 9th - Nov 25th; noon - 1:30pm, $10
includes HST.
Historic Hastings Street
Explore this important corridor of commerce, government, and
transportation in this two-part tour with guide Maurice Guibord.
Sept. 9, Oct. 14, Nov. 4 meet across from the Marine
Building at NE Corner of Burrard & Hastings
The Vancouver Heritage Foundation is a not-for-profit working to
promote the preservation of the built environment in Vancouver and
beyond.
o GREAT
CANADIAN SHORELINE CLEAN-UP
LIGHTHOUSE
PARK Saturday Sept 10 from 9am to
12:30pm
This is the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society's first volunteer event. It has been
organized by member Kim Vogt on behalf of the Great Canadian Shoreline
Clean-up.
Meet at the upper kiosk in the parking
lot. Please bring water, work gloves, sunscreen, and
footwear appropriate to the beach.
Our work will be collecting, sorting, counting, and documenting the
garbage we find. It will
be necessary to bring these materials back to the parking lot for
proper disposal. Your support is vital .......
please take part!
Questions? Telephone Kim at
922 1359
(Snacks will be provided by the
Lighthouse Park Preservation Society)
Best regards from the Lighthouse Park Preservation
Society
o Rutledge Field
OPENING
Rutledge Field (Corner of Marine Dr and 13th St) -- 10:30am
- 4pm Saturday Sept 10
On-field activities begin at 10:30am,
with welcoming address beginning at 11am.
Parking will be limited; modes of transport
other than driving are encouraged.
Special Note: Only soft soled shoes or
runners can be worn on the field. No high heels or cleats
please.
Come to Ambleside Park and celebrate the
opening of West Vancouver's new artificial turf field, Rutledge
Field. Designed for the sport of field hockey, but usable by soccer
and other field sports, Rutledge Field is named in honour of
Ross Rutledge, an accomplished athlete and inspirational leader who
gave so much to the sport of field hockey and young players on the
North Shore.
This project was made possible by the
Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia, and DWV
through the Building Canada Fund - Communities Component, as well as
significant contributions from the WV Field Hockey Club and WV Soccer
Club.
Following, there will be an
exhibition game between the Canadian men's national field hockey
team and the Australian men's national field hockey
team.
D................................................................................
=
Politics in emerging markets
o The new middle classes rise up
Marx's revolutionary bourgeoisie finds its voice
again
Sep 3rd 2011 | from the print edition [The
Economist]
..... According to Martin Ravallion of the World Bank,
the middle classes (defined as people earning between $2 and $13 a
day) trebled in number between 1990 and 2005 in developing Asia to 1.5
billion; they rose from 277m in Latin America to 362m over
the same period; and in sub-Saharan Africa from 117m to 197m.
Newer estimates from the Asian and African Development Banks, using
a definition of $2-20 a day, confirm the picture (see chart 1).
They show that the middle classes (which, on their definitions,
include many only just out of poverty) accounted for a third of
Africa's population in 2008, three-quarters of Latin America's and
almost 90% of China's. .....
Entire article:
http://www.economist.com/node/21528212?fsrc=nlw%7Cedh%7C09-01-11%7Ceditors_highlights
o PHOTOS
If you haven't seen CBC's
Listeners' Lens Photo Gallery, it has some lovely (BC scenes) and
cute (raccoons), take a peek:
http://www.cbc.ca/bcalmanac/photogallery/#igImgId_15737
o PET RULES / PETS
RULE? {see end
of this newsletter}
=====
PS
Intersection
Upgrade for Chartwell Drive and Crosscreek Road
Friday September
02 Update:
Construction of the
roundabout is underway. The plan is to have the majority of the
construction completed before school starts however completion will
take place during September. The District has been working with
the schools and Hollyburn Country Club to mitigate the impact.
Please carpool if possible and use alternative means of
transportation. It is expected that the work will be
completed by mid to end of September, weather permitting.
Please drive with caution when using the
intersection.
The draft design is available for viewing. Further
updates will be posted here as they become available
Background:
The issue of
traffic congestion and pedestrian safety at the intersection of Cross
Creek Road and Chartwell Drive has been a concern for schools and the
neighbourhood for some time.
The intersection
is the main access for Sentinel High School and Chartwell elementary
School, and a main arterial road connecting 15th Street to Highway
1.
An Open House was
held at Sentinel School on June 27, 2011 where information was
provided to the school parent advisory committees and local homeowners
association on the issues and options. The community was invited to
attend and provide input. The District has recommended a roundabout
to improve traffic flow and safety in the
intersection.
Further information
will be posted here as the project progresses.
Display Boards
from the Open House
Chartwell Display Board 1 - Background and Issues / Chartwell
Display Board 2 - Roundabout Option
Chartwell Display Board 3 - Roundabout Option
/ Chartwell
Display Board 4 - Next Steps
For more
information, or to share your comments, contact: email ph 925 7020
See:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=34978
=== UPDATE WVM 17
D ===
[Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:14:20 -0700]
First AmbNOW (Tu), Legion (Mon); Parking Restrictions;
Qtn/Thought/Pun (back to school)
* AMBLESIDE
Wdn'tcha know!!!
Just found out about an AmbNOW mtg and it even says it will close
after it opens.
Doncha just love openness and transparency let alone public
input/engagement/involvement?
btw, why does the Mayor say Ccl has approved the PSB by the MHall
and some cclrs say no decision has been made yet?
Anyway
DWV for Tuesday has:
4:00pm
Ambleside Revitalization Commisssion Meeting
September 6, 2011
Location: Municipal Hall - Main Floor Conference
Room; Start:
4:00 PM End: 7:00 PM
This meeting
will open to the public and will immediately proceed in to a closed
meeting.
> Monday,
September 5th
Labour Day Barbecue --
5:30pm $10/pp, Steak Sandwich & more by Tony &
Mina
> Saturday,
September 10th
North Shore Candlelight Ceremony 6pm
> Sunday,
September 11th
NORTH SHORE LEGIONS' CHILLI
COOK-OFF JUDGING 3pm; Chilli $5 per bowl
* NO
PARKING
Ambleside Sewer
Rehabilitation - Marine Drive
Friday,
September 02
From Tuesday
September 6 to Tuesday September 13 there will be phased
"No Parking" from the 1300 Block to the 1500
Block of Marine Drive.
All streets will
remain open during construction. There will be a temporary change
to traffic patterns, and no street parking will be allowed during
construction hours (7:30am to 6pm).
Construction
will not take place over the long weekend, and public parking
will be available on the street. Construction will recommence
Tuesday September 6 at 7:30am.
Traffic control
staff will be on site to direct traffic. Please use caution, and keep
children and pets away from the construction site at all
times.
Thank you for your
patience as crews work on this important infrastructure
project.
QUOTATION/THOUGHT/PUN
{moved to end of newsletter}
======= CALENDAR to Sept
22nd =======
All mtgs are at M Hall
unless indicated otherwise. NOTE: shown are mtgs known at
this date; often there are additions, changes, cancellations after WVM
goes out. Check the DWV Calendar:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Calendar.aspx .
Notices/mtgs/changes too late for an issue or too early for the next
are sent to subscribers as updates. They then appear in the next
newsletter.
== Sunday Sept
11
Coho
Festival ~ 11am - 6pm ~
Ambleside Park --
www.cohosociety.com
The festival includes a 14km
run, live music, lots of kids' activities, and a salmon
barbecue. More info: 926
6956
-> Stanley Park Ecology Society: The
Rainforest Cafe -- Two seatings: 1:30 and 3:30
Explore the temperate rainforest for herbs,
berries, shrubs, and trees the West Coast First Nations Peoples used
for food, with naturalist Murray Lashmar.
www.stanleyparkecology.ca
== Monday Sept
12
Harvest
Moon; the full moon will be in Pisces.
{so don't be surprised if you hear wolves howling during the
ccl mtg.....}
== Tuesday Sept
13
~ 6pm ~ Rodgers Area 3 East Devt Permit Public Info
Mtg; Mulgrave School, 2330 Cypress Bowl Lane
-> A stroll around Beaver Lake; an
Interpretive Nature Walk with Biologist David Cook 228
1461
Circuit trail of Beaver Lake;
discover how wetlands are a vital link between upland and lowland
ecosystems. {See NATURE WALKS below}
== Wednesday Sept 14
== Thursday Sept 15
~ 7pm ~ Launch of WV Historical
Society's book "Cottages to Communities" (See WVML
below)
~ Free Outdoor Movie Screening in Horseshoe Bay (in
Horseshoe Bay Park): "Cars 2"
== Sunday Sept 18
Annual Terry Fox
Run (Ambleside Park)
~ 9am to noon ~
The Run is a non-competitive event where people get together as
individuals, families and groups to raise money in Terry's name. It
is a day of celebrating Terry's legacy and helping to keep his dream
of a cure for cancer alive. For more, visit: www.terryfoxrun.org
{Ccl Mtg Sept
19}
== Wednesday Sept 21 ~
7pm
Bd of
Variance in Ccl Chamber and Library Board at Library
== Thursday Sept
22
~
5:30pm ~ Police Bd mtg at WVPD
The Library
Board meets on the third Wednesday of every month (schedule
subject to change). These meetings are open to the public. Please call
Lori Breen at 925 7410 to confirm dates and times.
= The Library is currently accepting donations of
high quality paperbacks and hardcover books (in English) published in
the last five years. Please take donations to the checkout
desk Thursday mornings. Individual books may be dropped off at
any time.
= Summer Reading Club Medal Presentation Ceremony --
7pm Friday September 9
Join us to congratulate the young readers who have eagerly read
and kept a record of their readings for 50 days or more during the
summer.
= English Corner -- Come and practise English
conversation.
Meet Fridays from September 9 -
December 16 from 10 to 11:30am, Welsh Hall West.
= Cottages to
Community Book Launch ~~ 7pm Thurs Sept
15
The West Vancouver Historical
Society and the Memorial Library invite you to attend the launch of
the Society's new book. Meet author Francis Mansbridge, photo
editor John Moir, and designer Colleen Wood.
= Philosophers' Cafe - Canadian Representative
Democracy
Friday September 16 from 10:30am to noon. Admission is
$5.
Do we need to improve
Canadian representative democracy? What kind of electoral system
potentially could provide for the optimal representative voices in
government?
= Discover Your Roots - Did you know your Library
subscribes to Ancestry.ca Library Edition? Learn how to research
your family tree. Wednesday September 21 from 2 to
3:30pm.
= First TAG Meeting -- 7pm Wednesday September
21
The Teen Advisory Group (TAG) team is a group of teens in grades
8-12 who work together with Youth librarians to make the Library a
better place for teens. Interested in joining? Attend the first
meeting.
More about
TAG.
= September at the
Gallery
ARTIST INSTRUCTORS EXHIBITION August 9 - September
30
The Arts & Culture
Division of the District of West Vancouver employs many artists to teach in a variety
of media at numerous facilities throughout the District. These artists
are skilled in their own practice and we are pleased to be able to
showcase their diverse and accomplished works in this eclectic
exhibition at the library. We hope that viewing these works will
inspire people to engage in the learning of how to paint, draw or
otherwise create art with the realization that it is possible to do so
at any age with the guidance and instruction afforded by these
wonderful exhibitors, whether it be at the Music Box on the waterfront
in Ambleside, the Gleneagles Community Centre, the Silk Purse Studio,
or the Arts Studio at the WV Community Centre on Marine
Drive.
This varied
selection of works demonstrates the diversity in media, styles, and
approaches that these instructors employ, with the unifying objective
of artistic expression and the depiction / expression of the world
around us whether it be through abstraction, impressionism, or
illustrative rendering.
Full details on Adult Programs &
Events on our
website.
+++ WV MUSEUM +++ http://westvancouvermuseum.ca/exhibitions/current_exhibition
Sonny Assu - Longing
~~ September 14 to November 5
Longing
is an installation of innovative, new work by Vancouver-based
artist Sonny Assu composed of sculptures and photographs. The
sculptures are found objects now displayed conceptually as
"masks". As found objects they provide the core focus of the
investigation undertaken by the artist. Within this context, found is
juxtaposed to lost, or an art and culture altered or displaced by
conditions of colonialism and European settlement. The artist uses
longing to suggest a history reexamined and reclaimed.
The photographs show the "masks" in situ
within three sites, which characterize the collecting and marketing of
Northwest Coast art: as artifacts in the visible storage area of an
ethnographic museum, as fine art in an exhibition of aesthetic objects
in a commercial gallery, and the tourist shop emphasizing curiosities,
souvenirs, or keepsakes to take home.
Vancouver-based artist Sonny Assu is Laich-kwil-tach
(Kwakwaka'wakw) of the Weka'yi First Nation of Cape Mudge,
Vancouver Island. Assu's work has been featured in several notable
group exhibits over the past years, How Soon is Now?, Vancouver
Art Gallery; Comic Relief, National Gallery of Canada;
Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the
Northwest Coast; McMichael Canadian Art Collection, and
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation Part 2, Museum of Arts and
Design in New York City. A recent solo exhibit, Sonny Assu: As
Defined Within the Indian Act, was held at the Belkin Satellite
Gallery, Vancouver. Assu's work is in the collection of the National
Gallery, the Seattle Art Museum, the Museum of Anthropology at UBC,
and in public and private collections across Canada and the United
States. The artist is represented by the Equinox Gallery in
Vancouver.
This exhibition is guest-curated
by Petra Watson and made possible with financial support from the
Audain Foundation.
Opening Reception: Tuesday
September 13 from 7 to 9pm
Artist's Talk: Wednesday
October 19 at 7pm
+++ FERRY BUILDING GALLERY
+++ http://ferrybuildinggallery.com ~ 925 7290
~~ 3 Elements - earth,
fire, & water
~~ September 6 - 25
Claudia Bos ~ Jean Pedersen Ellis ~ Olga
Turok [Details in
Update A]
+++ SILK PURSE +++
http://www.silkpurse.ca/gallery2.html
~~ September 6 - 18 ~~ "A Passion for
Flowers"
Paintings by Irena Eacott
West Van painter Irena
Eacott is eager to share her passion for flowers and painting with
you. Her use of vivid colour and dynamic composition captures the lush
and lively beauty of everything from springtime buds to flowers in
their full bloom.
Opening
reception: Tuesday September 6th from 6 to 8pm
>>> ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
<<<
~ 7pm ~ Wednesday September
14
New Members are always welcome. Seniors $30, Individual
$40. Family $50. Music Teacher $50. Art Group $50. Private Group
$100.
~~ September
20 - October 2 ~~ "In Search of Colour"
Mother &
daughter Krystyna &
Elizabeth May explore
individual expression & communication through art. Krystyna is an
art therapist and Elizabeth lives with autism, which affects
communication & interaction. Together they have discovered that a
painting speaks louder than words.
Opening
Reception: Tuesday September 20th from 6 to 8pm
>>> PUBLIC
ART
West Vancouver Public Art Mural Project -- Silk
Purse
Artist: Richard Tetrault
Renowned mural painter and public artist,
Richard Tetrault was on site during the Harmony Arts
Festival producing two paintings (6x6 foot panels) that now grace the
west-facing wall of the Silk Purse and frame the entranceway to the
gallery looking out onto John Lawson Park.
Richard's interaction with the public and art camp children was
remarkable and a tremendous opportunity for the public to witness a
professional artist practicing his craft. Come down and see the
result!
We look forward to Richard's being on site again starting
September 6th to work on the east wall chimney at the Music Box and
complete the project! For more information on Public Art in West
Vancouver please
visit our website.
+++ KAY MEEK CENTRE
+++
Complete list of events: http://kaymeekcentre.com/on_stage/events_calendar
Electronic newsletter: http://kaymeekcentre.weebly.com
Simplest way to get on email list, call
913 3634 (also for tix) or email
tickets@kaymeekcentre.com
EcoUrbia Presents: What's On Your Plate?
Please join us at 6:30pm Wednesday September 21 as EcoUrbia kicks
off a public outreach program through a bi-monthly film & speaker
series called "Rethink Food & Waste". Our goal is
to screen many of the award-winning documentaries produced by Bullfrog
Films that highlight issues around food & waste as we share &
celebrate innovative happenings in our own communities, and how we can
effect positive change in support of human health and our ecosystems!
Purchase tickets onlineo The Fab Fourever
7:30pm Saturday September 10
o EcoUrbia Presents: What's On Your
Plate? 6:30pm Wednesday September
21
+++ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 60, West
Vancouver +++
"Where Volunteers make the difference."
Chartered November 17th, 1926
MEMBERSITE
westvan60.com/membersite
For those of you who use Twitter, you can follow us, Tweet us and
keep up to date with our events.
Follow us: @westvan60 -- Reid Anderson, Branch Secretary
=
Saturday September 17th -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
US!
President Joan, Bartender Tammi, Entertainment Ian
Carter
It's Our Party with: "Fusion" -- 7pm, finger foods
=
Saturday September 24th CARIBBEAN
NIGHT!!
Tickets available behind the bar on Sept 6th $27.50
pp
= Sunday
September 25th Veterans' Social - 2pm
= Tuesday
September 27th General Meeting - 7pm
+++ WV CHAMBER of COMMERCE + 926
6614 + http://www.westvanchamber.com
August 9 - The Power Hour
Have you been to the Chamber's "Power Hour Group"? We
do more business in an hour than most people do all day. Come and
promote your business to an intimate group of business owners and
local professionals all while enjoying your morning cup of coffee! The
next "Power Hour Group" will be on Tuesday August 9th
from 8 to 9am at Delany's Coffee House in Dundarave Village.
August 16 - Chamber Breakfast
Club
Cafe TrafiQ Tuesday August 16th from 7:30 to 8:30am for
the next Breakfast Club. New members are encouraged - a great
opportunity to establish new contacts.
--> September 8 Park Royal Block Party ~ 4 - 7pm ~
at the Village, Pk R
3rd Annual
Park Royal Block Party and Chamber Business Fair
This fun annual event is
hosted by The Village at Park Royal in partnership with the WV Chamber
of Commerce. Come take in the Live Music, Live Entertainment,
Fashion Show, a Kids' Corner, Sidewalk Sale plus the Chamber
Business Fair. A passport will be created for the 1000 people expected
to attend. When the passport is filled they can go into a draw
for some fabulous prizes. The passport drop off will be at the
Chamber's table to ensure the attendees will visit the Business
Fair.
--> Sept 13 - Come Meet the New Board at
the AGM
You are invited to attend our upcoming AGM at the WV Library,
5pm September 13th. Financials are now available for viewing at
the Chamber's office.
{The AGM is open to the public and the board may be
there ten minutes ahead of time.}
=== CULTUREWATCH
===
*
THEATRE
+ BARD ON THE
BEACH http://www.bardonthebeach.org/ June 2nd to Sept
24
NB: from Sept
4, evening performances begin at 7pm
> As You Like
It -- Great
acting by Lois Anderson, on stage nearly the whole
time
> The Merchant
of Venice
a difficult play, an excellent
production; even with humour: John Murphy and Ryan
Beil
> Henry VI
(Parts I, II, III), Wars of the Roses {Ends Sept 21}
Three plays into one,
masterfully melded by Christopher Weddell; complicated but made clear
by the acting; politics and intrigue always with us, the
well-intentioned side-lined
> Richard
III -- an
absolutely POWERFUL performance by Bob Frazer {sparked maiku!}
Bard Explored:
Enrich Your Experience
Enjoy the Bard Village
for one full hour before curtain. With earlier access to the site,
there's extra time to enjoy tasty snacks and beverages, dine on a
picnic, or expand your knowledge with our new on-site educational
talks.
IN A NUTSHELL -
FREE Pre-Show Talks
Our insightful talks
take place before every performance this season
Mainstage: 25 minutes prior to
curtain; Studio Stage: 15 minutes prior to curtain
TALKBACK TUESDAYS -
FREE Post-Show Discussions
Learn more about the
play you've just enjoyed. After each Tuesday evening performance,
there is a question and answer session with members of the
cast.
>>> Box Office
Hours Monday - Sunday Tix: book online; reserved seating
now
9am to 6pm; 604-739-0559 (local) 1-877-739-0559 (Outside Lower
Mainland only)
~ Bard iPhone
app!
With this app by B'stro, you
can easily find play synopses, cast bios, multimedia, social media
connections, and ticket and venue information for all the plays and
events happening at Bard on the Beach. You can even find a
Shakespearean insult generator!
~ Picnics by
Emelle's
Enjoy a delicious picnic
outdoors by pre-ordering with Emelle's, Bard on the Beach's official
caterer.
http://www.bardonthebeach.org/bard-picnics
>>> YOU'RE
INVITED! - BRITAIN BOUND WITH BARD
Tour Information
Session - 3pm, Saturday Sept. 17 at Bard on the
Beach
The tour begins in Edinburgh and ends
in London and will include visits to England's great theatres,
including the Bristol Old Vic, Stratford upon Avon, and Shakespeare's
Globe Theatre in London.
This trip, co-hosted by Bard's
Artistic Director Christopher Gaze and broadcaster and
personality Vicki Gabereau, promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime
experience!
You're invited to come to Bard on
Saturday, Sept. 17 for an information session about the tour, in
advance of reservations being accepted.
CLICK
HERE
http://www.bardonthebeach.org/britain-rsvp to RSVP -
attendance is free, but you must reserve in advance by end of
day Sept. 15 and guest capacity is
limited.
+ ARTS
CLUB 687 1644
http://www.artsclub.com {Sept 18}
Stanley Industrial
Alliance Stage: Michael Moore, launch of Here Comes
Trouble (autobiography)
Above in UPDATE B: +
Jericho Arts Centre and + Metro
Theatre
+ Fringe
Festival
www.vancouverfringe.com -- Sept 6 to 18 -- times and locations
vary
+ Hendry
Hall 983 2633 ~
Sept 9 - 24
An evening of
three one-act plays: What Mildred Did; A Way With Words; Babel's
in Arms
* ART
+ VANCOUVER ART
GALLERY
http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/events_and_programs/calendar_of_events.html
~ VAG PUBLIC PROGRAMS
-- All Programs free for Members.
~ Current exhibition:
"The Colour of my Dreams"
~ Out for Lunch -- Eine Kleine Lunch Musik -- Select
Fridays, 12:10 - 1pm
* MUSIC
+ Vancouver Opera
http://www.vancouveropera.ca/
Breaking News -- VO has
new digs! Vancouver Opera has moved to a new all-inclusive
headquarters in East Vancouver. Our offices, rehearsal space,
wardrobe, props and scenery shops and set storage are now all under
one roof. Our Ticket Centre is in this new location, too, so come down
and visit us at the Michael & Inna O'Brian Centre for Vancouver
Opera, 1945 McLean Drive, right on the corner of east 3rd Avenue in
Vancouver.
http://www.vancouveropera.blogspot.com/
Tickets to all VO performances for the
2011/12 season are now available for purchase: West Side Story, Romeo
et Juliette, Barber of Seville, and Aida.
Aug 26 -- Exciting news re VSO School of
Music:
http://www.vancouversun.com/School+harmonious+home+unveiled/5305079/story.html
*
PHOTOGRAPHY
Call for Painters & Photographers
The deadline was extended to the end of September 2011, because
of the strike of Canada Post.
Each artist could send two works, 20" x 30" max size.
Subject is OPEN.
Caroun Photo Club:
Meetings are held the third Wednesday of every month, 7 - 9pm at the
Silk Purse Arts Ctr. Visitors are welcome. Info:
www.carounphotoclub.com.
=== NATURE WALKS ===
from David Cook 924-0147 <cookeco2@yahoo.com>
> Tuesday September 6th
Title: Geology of Stanley Park & Burrard Inlet as seen
along the Stanley Park sea-wall.
Duration: 3 hours.
Description of event: A stroll through 20 million years of
geological history with Geologist David Cook. Other features will be
the roots of 32 million-year-old volcanoes, giant boulders of granite
stranded by the retreating ice sheet, and wave-cut notches formed when
the sea level was higher. Low tide at the time of our walk will reveal
other features such as wave-cut platforms, concretions in the
sandstone, and joint-sets formed during the mighty forces of crustal
plate movements.
Registration and details for meeting
time/location: 228 1461. Refer to "Guided Interpretive
Walks LA102".
> Tuesday September 13th
Title: A Stroll around Beaver Lake: An unnatural
wetland.
Duration: About 2 hours.
Description of event: Walk with David along the circuit
trail of Beaver Lake in Stanley Park to discover how wetlands with
their high biodiversity are a vital link between upland and lowland
ecosystems. Learn how both the native and introduced species of this
wetland mosaic interact to create a viable eco-system.
Registration and details for meeting time/location: 228
1461. Refer to "Guided Interpretive Walks LA102".
> Thursday September 15th
Title: Exciting Trends in Botanical Field research in
British Columbia.
Description of event: Terry McIntosh, PhD, plant ecologist
and taxonomist, will give an overview of 'what's happening' in botany
these days in BC, at least from one person's perspective. For example,
there are many new discoveries. Many areas in BC have not been
thoroughly inventoried and botanists continue to make new finds.
He will also discuss the newest trends in botanical taxonomy (all
those name changes!). He will also address some of the issues
surrounding conservation of rare plant species and
biodiversity-critical habitats.
Venue: Botany section talks are held at Unity Church, 5840
Oak street, Vancouver and commence at 7:30pm.
Registration: Not required.
> Tuesday September 20th
Title: Time Travel through a Tree: Big old trees of Stanley
Park.
Duration: About 2 hours.
Description of event: Did you know that some trees in
the Vancouver area can live for 1000 years or more? Most of them have
been removed by logging but Stanley Park retains some specimens that
are between 500 and 800 years old. Our route will also take us
past two of the most publicised redcedars in BC; the Hollow Tree
and the National Geographic Redcedar. Others of great size and age
will be record-sized big leaf maples and a red alder that
have been designated as Champion Trees in the Big Tree Registry
maintained by the Ministry of Forests.
Registration and details for meeting time/location: 228
1461. Refer to "Guided Interpretive Walks LA102".
=== COUNCIL MTG AGENDA
Monday Sept 12 ===
6pm in M HALL MAIN FLOOR CONFERENCE
ROOM; 7pm in M HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 PM
1. Call to Order.
2. EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
RECOMMENDED: THAT in the public interest, members
of the public be excluded from part of the September 12, 2011 regular
Council Meeting on the basis of matters to be considered under the
following section of the Community Charter:
90. (1) A part of a council meeting may be closed
to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to or is
one or more of the following:
a. personal information about an
identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a
position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or
another position appointed by the municipality;
e. the acquisition,
disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council
considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the
interests of the municipality; and
g. litigation or potential
litigation affecting the municipality.
3. Council will then proceed with the closed session.
7:00 PM
4. Following conclusion of the closed session, the
following items will be considered:
RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
5. AGENDA -- Approval of September 12,
2011 Regular Council Meeting Agenda
PRESENTATIONS
7. West Vancouver Community Centre Services Society regarding
Strategic Plan 2011 2015
(File: 0055-20-WVCCS)
DELEGATIONS
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
RECOMMENDED: THAT Council thank M. McCormick,...
REPORTS
9. LEED Canada Existing Building Award (Library)
(File: 0500-01)
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
RECOMMENDED: be received for information.
Bylaws are passed by a simple majority
affirmative vote unless otherwise noted.
NOTE: Each reading of an Official Community
Plan bylaw must receive an affirmative vote of a majority of all
Council members (4 members) in order to proceed (Local Government Act,
s. 882).
RECOMMENDED:
THAT opportunities for consultation on the proposed
Official Community Plan amendment, with persons, organizations and
authorities, as outlined in the report from the Senior Community
Planner and the Manager of Community Planning dated September 1,
2011, be endorsed as sufficient consultation for the purposes
of Section 879 of the Local Government Act.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT Official Community Plan ... Amendment Bylaw, as attached to
the report by the Sr Cmnty Planner and the Mgr of Cmnty Planning dated
Sept 1 be introduced and read a first time in short form.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT OCP ... Amendment Bylaw, [be] considered in
conjunction with the District's most recent financial plan and the
regional waste management plan.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT Zoning ... Amendment Bylaw, as attached to the report by the
Sr Cmnty Planner and the Mgr of Cmnty Planning dated Sept 1 be
introduced and read a first time in short form.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT Development Cost Charge Waiver Bylaw No. 4695, 2011 to waive
DCCs pursuant to Section 933.1 of the Local Government Act be
waived for not-for-profit seniors' housing be introduced and read a
first time in short form.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the Municipal Clerk be directed to give statutory notice
that a Public Hearing ... is scheduled for Oct 3.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT Proposed Devt Permit attached to the report from the Sr
Cmnty Planner and the Mgr of Cmnty Planning dated Sept 1 be
considered concurrently with "Official Community/Zoning
Amendment"
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the public be given an opportunity to provide comment on the
proposed Devt Permit and DCC Waiver Bylaw attached to the report at a
Public Meeting held concurrently with the Public Hearing
RECOMMENDED: ... be received for information.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
12. Consent Agenda Items
The following Consent Agenda items may be considered
separately or in one recommendation.
RECOMMENDED: THAT the Consent Agenda items as follows be
approved:
Item 12.1 - West Vancouver Community Centres Society -
Pumpkin Fest Request for Order of Non-Enforcement of Animal Control
Bylaw No. 4545, 2008;
Item 12.2 - Development Variance Permit No. 11-025 (1148
20th Street);
Item 12.3 - TransLink Customer Service Performance
Report for Quarter 1, 2011;
Item 12.4 - Transit Annual Operating
Agreements;
Item 12.5 - Development Application Status List (to
September 2, 2011); and
Item 12.6 - Correspondence List.
RECOMMENDED: be approved.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the Municipal Clerk give notice that DVP to allow a new
two-storey dwelling with basement to be constructed, will be
considered on Oct 3rd.
RECOMMENDED: THAT the Report dated Aug
11 from the Transit Mgr be received for information.
RECOMMENDED: THAT the report dated
August 9 be received for information.
RECOMMENDED: be received for information.
{Good idea to look at these to see if one in your
nbrhd.
in some cases one lot is being divided into two; also some
bldg in the riparian zone}
RECOMMENDED: THAT the correspondence list be
received for information.
Council Correspondence Update to July 22 (up to
12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
1. D. Pearce, July 16, regarding 1400 Block Clyde
Avenue Parking Problems Continue
(Referred to Director of Planning, Lands and Permits for
consideration and response)
Received for Information
2. Committee and Board Meeting Minutes - Board of
Variance - June 15, 2011
3. A. McFarlane, July 17, regarding Park Royal's
Scheme, Which Some on Council Approve (Light Controlled Pedestrian
Crossings and Overpass)
4. C. Reynolds, July 20, regarding Website
Calendar / Mtg Info
{No action? fix? not
going to provide the info and in a timely fashion in
future?}
5. Taoist Tai Chi Society of Canada (Pacific Region),
July 19, 2011, regarding Invitation to Second Annual Tai Chi on the
Seawall - August 27
Council Correspondence Update to July 29 (up to
12:00 Noon)
Received for Information
1. Committee and Board Meeting Minutes - West
Vancouver Memorial Library Board - June 22, 2011
2. City of Burnaby, July 18, 2011, regarding TransLink's
Business Case for Smart Cards and Faregates
3. British Columbia Old Age Pensioners' Organization,
June 26, 2011, regarding MSP (Medical Services Plan) Premiums for
Seniors
4. Three Submissions dated July 21-28, 2011, regarding
Proposed Ambleside Redevelopment (1300 Block Marine Drive and Safeway
Site)
5. A. Steel, July 25, 2011, re Marine Drive and Park
Royal Shopping Centre Access and Egress - Urgent
6. July 26, 2011, regarding Seawall a Disgrace
Council Correspondence Update to August 5 (up
to 12:00 Noon)
Received for Information
(1) Committee and Board Meeting Minutes - Community Grants
Committee - June 10, 2011
(2) P. Miller, July 29, 2011, regarding Incentives for Electric
and Cooperative Vehicles
(3) Union of British Columbia Municipalities, July 28, regarding
Municipal Auditor General Update
Council Correspondence Update to August 12 (up
to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
1. E. Jones, North Shore Multicultural Society, August 8,
regarding Request for Delegation to Council
(Referred to Mayor for consideration)
Received for Information
2. A. Liman, August 6, 2011, regarding Fireworks
3. D. Close, August 8, 2011, regarding Spending
4. T. Goodall, August 9, 2011, regarding Motorcycle/Scooter
Lane for Lions Gate
5. August 12, 2011, regarding Noise
6. BC Hydro, August 5, 2011, regarding 2011 UBCM Convention
in Vancouver
Council Correspondence Update to August 19 (up
to 12:00 Noon)
Received for Information
1. F. Rutter, August 11, 2011, regarding Proposals for
Changes at Burley Park
2. R. Richards, August 14, 2011, regarding The Proposed
Municipal Auditor-General
3. J. Adams, August 18, 2011, regarding Thanks for the new
Bus Shelters
4. S. Locking, August 19, 2011, regarding Brian's Fruit
Stand
5. J. Skelton, August 19, 2011, regarding Brian's Fruit
Stand
6. West Vancouver Soccer Club, August 19, 2011, regarding
1st Annual WVSC Club Day (Aug. 27th)
7. International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators
and Allied Workers Union Local 118, August 19, 2011, regarding
Importance of Mechanical Insulation - Resolution to be debated at
UBCM Convention (September 26-30, 2011)
Council Correspondence Update to August 26 (up
to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
1. North Shore Homelessness Task Force, August 19,
regarding Request for Presentation to Council
(Referred to Mayor and Council for consideration and
response)
2. T. Zimmerman, August 22, 2011, regarding What is
wrong with this picture? (bus shelters)
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for
consideration and response)
3. D. J. Raworth, October 6, 2010 (received August 23,
2011), regarding Fire Department Invoice - Money Grab (fire alarm
fee)
(Referred to Fire Chief for consideration and response)
4. J. Wyckham, August 25, 2011, regarding Bus Shelter at
19th/Marine
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for
consideration and response)
Received for Information
5. Committee and Board Meeting Minutes:
Finance Committee - June 27, 2011
Design Review Committee - June 9, 2011
NOTES:
= Finance Cmte mtg June 27; read re ARC/AmbNOW finance
reports
= Design Review Cmte Mtg Minutes
June 9
o Item 4.1 re 2436
Haywood
Choked when read all
trees to be removed except one (devpr's
proposal)
Mbrs said nine 70 -
90ft trees will be removed!
Has this gone by
Parks? any envmtal cmte?
Does the street
know? (residents/nbrhd)
o Item 4.2 Park Royal
Boulevard and new intersection (DETAILS)
o
End: G Boyle provided "update on Pacific Arbour, Hollyburn
Mews, Safeway site, Ambleside Field House". Not recorded so
we're left in the dark.
Again.
Or is it still?
6. Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee, July 15, 2011,
regarding LMTAC Discussion Paper - Voting in Local Government
Elections and Referenda by Residents Living on Indian Reserves
7. Union of British Columbia Municipalities, August 5,
regarding UPDATE: RCMP Contract Negotiations
8. M. Coates, August 9, 2011, regarding Ferry Building
and Lawson House
9. C. Ballantine, August 22, 2011, regarding Arts in
Ambleside Advisory Commission
10. International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators
and Allied Workers Union Local 118, August 24, 2011, regarding
Importance of Mechanical Insulation - Resolution for debate at UBCM
Convention (September 2011)
11. G. Madden, August 24, 2011, regarding NO/NO to a $38
million Public Safety Building
12. I. Bennett, August 25, 2011, regarding Park Royal
at-grade intersection and overpasses
Council Correspondence Update to September 2,
2011 (up to 12:00 Noon)
Received for Information
1. B. Lacey, August 27, 2011, regarding Dispute between
Brian Latta and Paul Marshall
2. G. Barnes, August 31, 2011, regarding Brian's Fruit
Stand
3. Laudate Singers, August 25, re Appreciation for Arts and
Culture Community Grant and 2011/2012 Season
Responses to Correspondence
4. J. Cook, Fire Chief, August 29, 2011, response to J.
Raworth, regarding Fire Alarm Registration Fee
Council Correspondence Update to September 6,
2011 (up to 4:30pm)
Referred for Action
1. Argyle Mews LMS 3767 Strata Council, September 1,
regarding Overgrown Trees in Weston Park
(Referred to Director of Parks and Community Services for
consideration and response)
{hm, don't trees just grow? naturally?
re removal, can't we come up with a
compromise? not removal, perhaps windowing???}
Received for Information
2. M. Furey, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of
Community, Sport and Cultural Development, August 17, 2011, regarding
Signing of British Columbia Climate Action Charter
3. Hon. T. Lake, Ministry of Environment, August 31,
regarding Cosmetic Use of Pesticides in BC
4. Municipal Pension Retirees Association, September 2,
2011, regarding Elimination of Medical Services Plan (MSP) Premiums
(Cost Neutral to the Municipalities) - Resolutions for consideration
at UBCM Convention (September 2011)
5. Two submissions dated July 26 and Sept 2, regarding
Appreciation for Arts and Culture Community Grant.
13. OTHER ITEMS
Council has requested that the following correspondence be
brought forward for discussion, and may propose a motion if Council
considers that further action is required. (Correspondence addressed
to Mayor and Council is circulated to, and received by, Mayor and
Council and the appropriate department director, in the week in which
it is received.)
13.1 F. Rutter, August 11, 2011, regarding Proposals for Changes at
Burley Park
14. REPORTS from MAYOR/CCLRS 15. PUBLIC
QUESTION/COMMENTS 16. ADJOURNMENT
=== ANIMALWATCH ===
two-legged kitten; birds return
+ Two-legged kitten: see video:
http://features.beliefnet.com/goodnews/2011/06/amazing-grace-the-two-legged-kitten.html?source=NEWSLETTER&nlsource=61&ppc=&utm_campaign=AfternoonInspiration&utm_source=NL&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=faximum.com
+ Birds Return after 99
Years -- posted Aug 12,
2011
Read more:
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/birds-return-after-100-years.html#ixzz1VJ3Sim1j
=== INFObits ===
+ Top Five
Crash Sites in WV
Hwy
99 at Hwy 1; Lions' Gate Bridge; 15th & Marine Dr;
13th & Marine Dr; and Taylor Way from Inglewood to
Keith
+ The Royal Canadian Legion is
the largest Service Organization in Canada.
+ TOP UNIVERSITY in
WORLD
In the largest ever survey of
academics and employers, UK universities prove that in the face of
funding cuts and tuition fee controversy, they can still compete on a
global stage. Here we reveal the 19 UK universities that made the
world's top 100 list, according to QS World University Rankings
2011/2012.
Cambridge was ranked top university in the world
for the second consecutive year, ahead of Harvard, Yale, and Oxford.
It's the world's third-oldest university after Bologna in Italy and
Oxford, and educated the likes of Charles Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton.
Next year's undergraduate tuition fees are expected to cost
=A39,000.
The QS World University Rankings
2011/2012 -- surveys
of over 33K global academics and 16K graduate employers, based on
research teaching, employability, and
internationalisation.
+ 'Made in Canada'
Stamps
Canada Post has put the ubiquitous smartphone on a stamp, as part
of a new series of stamps released Wednesday that feature four
Canadian inventions.
The other three Canadian creations are the electric oven, the
electric wheelchair and the cardiac pacemaker.
"This series shines a spotlight on the 'Made in Canada'
leaps of science and creativity that have changed lives here in Canada
and around the world," said Jim Phillips, Canada Post's director
of stamp services.
The world's first electric oven was invented in 1882 by
Canadian Thomas Ahearn.
It was originally made of brick and, according to the newspapers
of the time, was hot enough to "roast an ox".
Dr. John Hopps developed the cardiac pacemaker while he
was studying hypothermia in 1950, though the first device was much too
big to be placed inside the human body.
The electric wheelchair was created in 1952 by George J.
Klein, one of Canada's most prolific inventors, for
quadriplegics.
Research in Motion's BlackBerry was introduced much later,
of course, in 1999, and is now an all-in-one digital communications
device many people claim they can't live without.
+
15-ACRE CORN MAZE
25th Anniversary of the Rick Hansen "Man in Motion"
World Tour
Alberta farm photographs and
more info: http://kraayfamilyfarm.com/attractions.html
+ Russia Green Lights $65 Billion
Siberia-Alaska Rail/Tunnel to Bridge the Bering Strait!
ENERGY by Andrew
Michler,
08/23/11
Read more: Russia Green Lights $65 Billion
Siberia-Alaska Rail and Tunnel to Bridge the Bering Strait! |
Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World
http://inhabitat.com/russia-green-lights-65-billion-siberia-alaska-rail-and-tunnel-to-bridge-the-bering-strait/2/
+ Russia
plans $65bn tunnel to America
From The Times April 20, 2007 Tony
Halpin in Moscow ~ Subject: Russia plans $65bn tunnel to
America
Russia has unveiled an ambitious plan to build the world's
longest tunnel under the Bering Strait as part of a transport corridor
linking Europe and America via Siberia and Alaska.
The 64-mile (103km) tunnel would connect the far east of
Russia with Alaska, opening up the prospect of the ultimate rail trip
across three quarters of the globe from London to New York. The link
would be twice as long as the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and
France.
The $65 billion (=A333 billion) mega-project aims to transform
trade links between Russia and its former Cold War enemies across some
of the world's most desolate terrain. It would create a high-speed
railway line, energy links and a fibreoptic cable network.
Proposals for a tunnel under the Bering Strait were first
advanced a century ago under Tsar Nicholas II but foundered with the
outbreak of the First World War and the Russian Revolution. The idea
was revived after the collapse of the Soviet Union but was shelved
once again in Russia's financial meltdown of 1998.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1680121.ece
+ Bolivia held its first ever
"National Day of the Pedestrian", banning all cars and
public transport from the streets. Evo Morales, the president, wants
to raise awareness about the environment, but his critics have told
him to take a hike over plans to build a road through the
rainforest.
=== PEACEWATCH === CPT in
Palestine (A) and in Colombia (B)
CPT's MISSION: What would happen if Christians
devoted the same discipline and sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking
that armies devote to war? Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) seeks to
enlist the whole church in organized, nonviolent alternatives to war
and places teams of trained peacemakers in regions of lethal
conflict.
COMMENTS: To ask questions or express concerns,
criticisms, and affirmations send messages to
peacemakers@cpt.org.
{CPT operates with Dove (Italian), the
Muslim Peacemakers, and Israeli human rights and peace
groups}
----------------------------------------------
- A-
Apartheid* and Expulsion (does not lead
to peace!)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:01:55 -0400 (EDT)
http://www.cpt.org/cptnet/2011/08/09/palestineus-borderlands-reflection-walls-shame
CPTnet 9 August 2011
PALESTINE/U.S. BORDERLANDS REFLECTION: Walls of
shame
by Elizabeth Garc=EDa
[Elizabeth Garc=EDa was part of the most recent Christian
Peacemaker Teams delegation to Israel/Palestine. Her reflection
has been edited for length.]
I am in Hebron, located in the Judean Hills, south of Jerusalem
in the Holy Land. Although this place on the other side of the
world from my home in Brownsville, Texas, many things here are similar
to what we experience in the Rio Grande Valley.
As people of color, Palestinians have to put up with daily
harassment from the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), just as our brothers
and sister of color coming from México and other parts of the world
are harassed by CBP (Customs and Border Patrol).
In Israel if you are a Muslim, Arab, or Palestinian, you are
probably a terrorist, the thinking goes, whether you are four years
old or twenty. Chances are you are preparing to hurt the Jewish
community. North American Anglos think that if you are not
white, you become automatically a threat to the nation, and thus you
must be removed. Operation End Game, a plan implemented in 2003
by U.S. Homeland Security to remove all illegal aliens and possible
terrorists, is the same game the Israel government plays to get all
Palestinians out of the territories it controls. According to
the state of Israel, Palestine is not a state, and therefore as a
Palestinian you have no citizenship, and therefore no right to remain
in your homeland.
And so they build the wall, they separate families; they harass
the people in the worst possible ways, to remove these "illegal
aliens".
People on the Palestine side of the wall suffer, because they
cannot see their close relatives, they cannot travel to their holy
sites, and they cannot bury their dead - an experience that many of
my friends and relatives in Brownsville and other parts of the Valley
share.
We are miles and miles away, but what happens here, and there,
there and here, is the same - yes, I will say it - the same racism
from those who look at us as terrorists, as "illegal
aliens", as objects that need to be removed. The leaders of
our nations build walls of violence against our people; walls of
political corruption and lack of will, of ignorance, mistrust; walls
that create fear of the "others".
The iron wall here, as the border wall there, is a symbol that
breaks our communities into pieces. These barriers make it
impossible to have normal lives,** make it impossible to maintain
normal family and human relations. Walls are a symbol of shame for our
nations.
My only hope, is that rooted in my Christian faith, I continue to
believe that the Gospel will break down the dividing walls of
hostility among us all.
* pronounced a-PAR-tate (b/c it's
Afrikaans, not German wch wd be -ide)
** and unreasonable to expect as a path to
peace
-B- COLOMBIA
CPTnet -- 24 August 2011
COLOMBIA URGENT PRAYER REQUEST: Media glossing over the
murders of sixteen people in the last week.
The foreign and Colombian media are portraying Colombia as a
nation at peace while it hosts the FIFA (Fédération Internationale
de Football Association) U-20 games. Unfortunately, the media
are glossing over some of violent episodes that have occurred over the
last week. Below are a few examples, mostly from the regions
where CPT's Colombia team works:
- A group of hit men assassinated a fifteen-year-old boy in
Barrancabermeja on 13 August and injured a fifty-six-year-old man as
well.
- Jarlinson Andrés Guzmán Mu=F1oz, a twenty-three-year-old
motorcycle-taxi driver of Barrancabermeja left his home on 13 August
and never returned.
- In the Santander Department's municipality of San Pablo,
members allegedly belonging to the ELN guerilla group massacred
four men on 14 August. The victims were found shot to death on a
road forty minutes outside the town center.
- Two unidentified men on a motorcycle killed Fernando Pe=F1a
Betancourt of Barrancabermeja on 16 August by shooting him in the
head.
- A shootout at a bar injured three young men, including a
seventeen-year-old in Barrancabermeja on 17 August.
- Three young men were massacred on 17 August in the Sur de Bolivar
Department. A group of twenty armed men who identified
themselves as the paramilitary group las Aguilas Negras entered the
community and killed Pedro Sierra. They tortured and cut the
tongues out of Ivan Serrano and Luis Albeiro and killed them as well.
- On 19 August, five men and one woman were found shot to death in a
car in the Department Valle de Cauca.
These murders clearly indicate that Colombia is under the grip of
organized armed violence. In a country where only a small
percentage of crimes reach a conviction in court, most, if not all of
the families involved will never see justice for their loved
ones.
CPT Colombia asks for prayers for these people who have lost
their lives or their loved ones. We continue to pray for a
Colombia and a world where peace and justice reign.
For more information on the recent work CPT's
Colombia team,
click here
=== HOUSEWATCH
===
+
10 Weirdest Places to Live Published on 6/20/2011 under Cool Places, by Gracie
Murano:
http://www.oddee.com/item_97793.aspx
+
HOMES
o 15 most
affordable homes within Vancouver city limits this
summer
These 15 homes - all priced
below $650,000 - are the least pricey homes on the market in Vancouver
as of August. AUGUST 25, 2011
http://www.househunting.ca/vancouversun/homes+Metro+Vancouver+affordable+neighbourhoods/5306196/story.html
o Photos:
The most expensive homes on the market in Metro Vancouver
From just short of $40 million to a value
price of $10 million, here are the most expensive homes for sale in
Metro Vancouver, according to MLS. January 6, 2011
Read
more:
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/4069314/story.html#ixzz1W5JjNRSS
o
HOUSES/HOMES LOST
[Note: According to the Fourth Geneva Convention,
the Hague Regulations, the International Court of Justice, and several
United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements and outposts in
the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement
outposts, including Havat Ma'on (Hill 833), are considered illegal
also under Israeli law.]
http://www.cpt.org/cptnet/2011/09/09/south-hebron-hills-israeli-army-threatens-village-umm-al-kheer-demolitions
>> TUWANI REPORTS (DIRECT)
> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 23:50:37 +0300
Israeli Army Threatens Palestinian Village of
Umm Al Kheer with Demolitions
- September 5th,
2011
At-Tuwani - In the night of September 4th, the Israeli army
delivered a demolition order for a small taboun oven to the
inhabitants of the Bedouin village of Umm Al Kheer. A lawyer
representing the village obtained a two-day stop-demolition order from
the Israeli High Court, temporarily delaying the demolition.
In addition to the taboun oven, eleven structures in the village
are slated for demolition, and residents of the village fear that
those structures, and possibly others, could be destroyed during the
demolition of the oven. "The army has come to our village twice
before to demolish houses," said a resident of Umm al Kheer who
wished to be identified only as Suleiman.
"Whenever they come, they destroy five or six buildings. They
won't come and destroy just an oven, and then leave."
The Israeli army delivered the demolition order on the oven
back in 2010, after settlers from the nearby settlement of Karmel
complained about smoke.
"When you start this oven, there is about five minutes of
smoke, and then it burns for two weeks without making any smoke,"
said Suleiman.
According to Suleiman, the Israeli army initially offered to
provide a gas oven for the village to use, but then retracted the
offer. The army will not allow the village to build a structure
around the oven to contain the smoke.
Operation Dove and Christian Peacemaker
Teams have maintained an international presence in At-Tuwani and South
Hebron Hills since 2004. Pictures: *goo.gl/wpSSW*
<http://goo.gl/wpSSW>
CPT-Palestine in At-Tuwani, South Hebron
Hills 0542-531-323, 0595-980-718 Twitter
@cptpalestine
> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 22:51:42 +0300
Israeli Army Demolishes Three Homes and a
Bathroom in Palestinian Village of Umm al Kheer
- September 9th,
2011
At-Tuwani - The Israeli army demolished three
dwellings and a bathroom in the Palestinian village of Umm al Kheer
early in the morning of September 8th. According to UN field workers
at the [site], the demolitions left eight adults and 16 children
homeless.
The Israeli army and the District Coordinating Office arrived at
the village of Umm al Kheer around 7am and declared it a closed
military zone, preventing Palestinians and internationals from
entering the area. The army then used a backhoe and a bulldozer to
demolish the three homes and the bathroom. According to villagers,
one of the destroyed homes was a tent donated by Oxfam. The other
two were metal shacks purchased and built by the residents. The
villagers said that this was the second time that the military
[had] demolished the houses of the families living in the metal
shacks.
All of the destroyed structures had existing demolition orders,
but according to people from the village, the military arrived with
a demolition order that was not for the three homes and the toilet,
but rather for a taboun oven in the village. The military
originally wanted to destroy the taboun oven three days earlier, but a
lawyer representing the village succeeded in getting a two-day stay on
the demolition order. The military did not demolish the taboun
oven.
Villagers said that in addition to the four structures demolished
on the 8th, there are 12 additional structures with demolition orders,
eight of which are dwellings.
"This [has been] done many times here in Umm al Kheer, and
it's catastrophic," said a resident of the village who, due to fear
of retribution from the Israeli government, wished to be referred to
only as Suleiman. "The toilet, it doesn't make problems for
Israeli security, the tent does not make problems for Israeli
security, and neither does this house, in which, inside, live twelve
kids. How will these kids live? How will these kids sleep tonight?
How can we explain the truth to these kids? Maybe these kids
will grow up with fear. They must think about that."
Umm Al Kheer is a Bedouin village in C area (under Israeli
civil and military administration) built in the '50s. It's close to
the Israeli settlement of Karmel (which is considered illegal under
international law) established from the '80s. The village
routinely experiences harassment from the Israeli military and Israeli
settlers.
The demolition is part of a clear strategy to push the
Bedouins away from the area around the settlement.
In October 2008 the Israeli army demolished ten house-tents in
order to clear the area for expansion of the Karmel settlement. The
demolitions left 60 people homeless. In July 2009 some toilets were
destroyed too, because they were considered illegal by the Israeli
administration.
Operation Dove and Christian Peacemaker
Teams have maintained an
international presence in At-Tuwani and
South Hebron Hills since 2004.
Pictures of the incident:
*http:/goo.gl/ZURBP*
http://www.operazionecolomba.it/galleries/palestina-israele/2011/2011-09-08/
=== PHOTOWATCH ===
lovely; around BC
Listeners' Lens Photo
Gallery
http://www.cbc.ca/bcalmanac/photogallery/#igImgId_10365
=== ROYALWATCH ===
+ Comments on CBC re
'royal':
o For DC: It is
"Canadian Army" -- the army was never awarded the style
"Royal", although certain units were: The Royal Canadian
Regiment, The Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, The Royal Canadian
Dragoons, The Vingt-deuxieme Regiment Royale, etc. Oddly enough,
nobody is whining about those names, and those are just the regular
force active units. I won't get into all the reserve units that are
Royal.
o Does Jack H know
that the oldest police service in North America is the Royal
Newfoundland Constabulary who have protected the citizens
of old St. John's since 1729 (Jack's Hometown), with billy clubs,
brains, and brawn? Has he heard of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment
who suffered the largest single day loss in the history of the
Commonwealth and has he ever had tea with the Queen?
The RNC is only one of six
police forces in the world with ROYAL prefixing its nomenclature and
was the first police service to exist in North America and the last to
be armed with sidearms. (In the 1990s I think but I stand to be
corrected.) All our services are Royal and they all deserve pensions
and our undying gratitude.
+ More on Prince
Philip
3 = Born in
Corfu
The Duke was born in 1921 on
the island of Corfu as Prince Philip of Greece, but the Greek royal
family was forced into exile in 1922 when Philip was 18 months
old.
Despite his birthplace, he has
no Greek ancestry. His family tree includes members of the royal
families of Denmark, Germany, Russia, and Britain.
His father was Prince
Andrew of Greece, whose own father was the grandson of King Christian
IX of Denmark. Philip's mother was Princess Alice of Battenberg, the
eldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and the sister of Earl
Mountbatten of Burma.
As a boy, he attended schools
in England, Germany, and Scotland before joining the Royal Naval
College at Dartmouth, England, as a cadet in 1939.
Through his uncle Lord Louis
Mountbatten, the 18-year-old Philip was introduced to British
royal circles. It was at this age he first met a 13-year-old
Princess Elizabeth, his third cousin: both had Queen Victoria as a
great-great-grandmother.
But as war broke out, he
turned his attention to his naval career and quickly rose through the
ranks. At the almost unprecedentedly young age of 21, he was
appointed first lieutenant (second in command) of the destroyer HMS
Wallace, which took part in the Allied landings at
Sicily.
Courting a young
princess
When he returned home in
January 1946, Philip, who had kept in touch with Elizabeth, began
courting the young princess. Their engagement was announced 18 months
later.
Although most of the public
embraced the union, some were unhappy with Philip's un-British origins
and many began referring to him as "Phil the Greek". He
silenced those critics when he became a British citizen in 1947 and
renounced his Greek royal titles. He became Lt. Philip
Mountbatten.
He and Elizabeth were married
on Nov. 20, 1947, in Westminster Abbey in a wedding that helped boost
British spirits still recovering from the war. He was designated a
royal highness, created a knight of the Garter and awarded the title
Duke of Edinburgh.
from:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/06/10/prince-philip-90th.html With files from The
Canadian Press
o Prince Philip turns 90 and vows to
'slow down'
The Duke of Edinburgh,
who has turned 90, has told the BBC he is "winding down" and
reducing his workload as a senior member of the royal
family.
... The Queen turned 85
in April and will reach her Diamond Jubilee next year, marking 60
years since she came to the throne.
She married Prince Philip
in 1947, making him the longest-serving consort in British
history.
In the interview with the BBC,
he talked about his advancing years, saying it was better to get out
"before you reach your sell-by date".
"I reckon I've done my
bit so I want to enjoy myself a bit now, with less responsibility,
less frantic rushing about, less preparation, less trying to think of
something to say," he said.
"On top of that, your
memory's going -- I can't remember names and
things."
Interview slow down
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13722857
o
Analysis -- Nicholas Witchell, Royal correspondent
In the early years of the
Queen's reign Philip, restless by instinct and impatient by nature,
found his role - or lack of it -- very frustrating.
But through his undoubted
energy and sheer bloody-mindedness, Philip did carve out a distinct
role for himself.
He was one of the first to
champion nature conservation: he created an award scheme from which
some six million young people have now benefited, and he immersed
himself in a range of other issues, science and technology, spiritual
awareness and a host of others.
His plain speaking and
attempts to relieve the tension of endless royal engagements with his
own brand of humour have sometimes got him into trouble.
But he has remained his own
man and above all he has provided unflinching support to his wife, the
Queen.
The success of her reign has
been due, in no small part, to him.
=== POLICEWATCH === Block
Watch and Victim Services
+ SIGN UP FOR BLOCK WATCH!
Anyone can participate in Block Watch. Anne Russell,
Coordinator, welcomes everyone. Go to http://wvpd.ca/e-policing
and sign up for the Block Watch and/or Business Watch
list.
+ WVPD Victim Services Volunteer Information
Session
The West Vancouver Police Department will be hosting an
information session for people interested in learning more about our
Victim Services volunteer program.
Victim Services provides various types of support to those
affected by crime. Methods of support include practical assistance,
information about police procedures, emotional support and
reassurance, information regarding crime prevention, and the Criminal
Justice System as well as information about other community support
services. Volunteers also provide 24/7 on-call availability for crisis
intervention.
Applications are now being accepted and the next training
session will begin in early October.
Anyone interested in attending the Victim Services volunteer
orientation session, or learning more about the program, is asked to
contact Bunny Brown, WVPD Victim Services Program Manager, at 925 7468
or via email BunnyBrown@wvpd.ca -- this e-mail address is being
protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Orientation will be held at the following time and
location:
Tues Sept 13 at 1830 hours (6:30pm) = WVPD. Please
RSVP if you plan to attend as space is limited.
=== LIST of WEST VAN
MATTERS 2011 TITLES (so far) ===
WVM2011-01
2011 January 10th Council Meeting AGENDA; Calendar to January
27th
Budget 2011 Tax/Assessments
* Zoning ReWrite PH * WVM
Titles 2010: 1-29
WVM2011-02
2011 Jan 10th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Jan 24th Ccl AGENDA; Calendar to
Feb 10th
Zoning/Subdiv ReWrite PASSED
* MORE BUDGET 2011 INPUT
WVM2011-03
2011 Jan 24th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Feb 7th Ccl AGENDA; Cal to Feb
24th
Streamkeepers & EPN *
AmblesideNOW * 1.1% BUDGET
2011? * Cell Tower?
WVM2011-04R
2011 Feb 7th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Feb 21st Ccl AGENDA; Cal to Mar
11th
WV
Historical Society * Foreshore * Safeway Site * Heritage Week 21 - 27
WVM2011-05
2011 Feb 21st Ccl Mtg NOTES; Mar 7th Ccl AGENDA; Cal to Mar
24th
Non-Owner Stes * Parks * Regional Growth *
Endowmt Fund * Library Saga
WVM2011-06R
2011 Mar 7th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Mar 21st Ccl AGENDA; Cal to Apr
8th
Crime Stats * Regional Growth Strategy *
Fire Svcs * Non-Owner Sec Stes
WVM2011-07R
2011 Mar 21st Ccl Mtg NOTES; Apr 4th AGENDAs; Calendar to Apr
22nd
Kiwanis Housing * DNV OCP Overlap? * Amb Revit Comm *
Emerg Svcs * RGS
WVM2011-08
2011 Apr 4th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Apr 18th AGENDA; Calendar
to May 13th
Wetmore
PH * RGS
* Five-Yr Library Plan *
TransLink * Hollyburn Cabins
WVM2011-09
2011 Apr 18th Ccl Mtg NOTES; May 9th AGENDA; Calendar
to May 20th
Cycling Coalition * Wetmore * 20th & Esquimalt
Rezoning/Uplift
WVM2011-10R.
2011 May 9th/11th Ccl Mtg NOTES; May 16th AGENDA;
Calendar to Jun 10th
Cluster Housing Rodgers Creek * 1300blk Marine *
Youth Ccl/Awards
WVM2011-11
2011 May 16th/19th Ccl NOTES; Jun 6th AGENDAs; Calendar to Jun
24th
PH: 20th & Esq Densification (OCP Amendment) * Finance
Information Act Reports
WVM2011-12
2011 June 6th Ccl NOTES; June 20th AGENDA; Calendar to
July 8th
PH: 20th & Esq Rezoning * Rockridge * Cmnty
Grants ~$160K * AmblesideNOW $3M+
WVM2011-13
2011
June 20th Ccl NOTES; July 4th AGENDAs; Calendar to July
15th
Pumpkin
Fest * Grants ~$160K * 2010 Annual Report
* Dogs * Metro Labour
WVM2011-14
2011
July 4th Ccl NOTES; July 11th AGENDAs; Calendar to July 25th
WVPD
Strategic Plan, CompStat * BUDGET /
AmblesideNOW $$$ * GLH
WVM2011-15r
2011
July 11th Finance Cmte NOTES; July 18th AGENDA; Calendar to July
28th
Staff & Council Remuneration 2010 * Budget Planning
2012
WVM2011-16
2011
July 18th Ccl Mtg NOTES; July 25th AGENDA; Calendar to Aug 15th
CACs *
AmblesideNOW Budget/Qs * Youth Services Review 8 * Arts Facilities
Strategy
WVM2011-17
2011
July 25th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Calendar to August 31st +
DWV
Non-Answer Letters * AmblesideNOW $$$ * Kiwanis Devt * G Lawson
Hse
=== HERITAGEWATCH
==
+
HSBC
Heritage BC Annual Report
The 2010 Heritage BC Annual Report is now available online. The
report includes the audited statements for fiscal year 2010, which
will be presented at the Annual General Meeting on September 30 at the
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby.
View HBC Annual Report online: =BB
www.issuu.com/heritagebc/docs
Download the HBC Annual Report PDF:
http://issuu.com/heritagebc/docs/annual_report_2010
+ HERITAGE VANCOUVER
A Planning
Tour of Vancouver's West End -- 10am to noon, Saturday September
17
Join Gordon Price,
Director of the City Program at SFU, for a planning tour of
Vancouver's West End. The West end reveals about eight different
architectural stages, from fine wooden mansions to functional wooden
walk-ups, not to mention more highrise towers than any other
neighbourhood in Canada. But how did it all come about - and
why? Gordon Price explains some of the planning theory and trends that
shaped the West End - and some of the lessons to be
learned.
Heritage Vancouver
Members $10; Non-members $15; Details and tickets on our Walking Tours
section >
www.heritagevancouver.org/
+ HERITAGE WEST VANCOUVER
heritage.westvan.org /and/ royaltea.ca
ROYALTEA-by-the-SEA
PHOTOS in NSN (Sept 7, Bright Lights, p13)
Dear Readers:
All in all a beautiful sunny afternoon with good company, fun and
uplifting. To my regret, though invited, no one from DWV Ccl
attended or sent remarks. The general growing neglect of
heritage in WV is naturally a disappointment to me. They've
cancelled the heritage cmtes/groups, they're talking about demolishing
Gertrude Lawson House, one of only three heritage designations in WV
(with FBG and Binning House, a national historic site), and the date
of the WV Civic Reception is the same night as the Awards ceremony
evening for the annual conference of the Heritage Society of BC (in
Burnaby this year). Apparently oblivious and/or way down
on their priorities or considerations.
Pity.
A nation that forgets its past has no
future.
-- Winston
Churchill
Don't despair!
Many celebrate our heritage and keep the Canadian lights alive
and shining.
Several spoke of the Canadian character and our history, of what
we cherish and enjoy in our society.
Thank you all for coming, participating, and carrying the torch
of our special place in the world.
{See the end of
Update A for more details and some stories}
REMARKS at the RoyalTea:
+ John Weston, MP
Mr Weston had been at a Citizenship Ceremony in the morning,
quite moving. The Judge, on their becoming Canadians, asked them
to keep three things in mind: be honest, obey the laws, and
volunteer. The RoyalTea event honours our traditions, our past,
the fabric of our society. The sense of community they are now
part of is important.
+ Joan McIntyre, MLA
Ms McIntyre congratulated the Chair and HWV on working hard to
support our heritage and our relationship with the Royals. She
also related the story of her daughter Leigh's attendance at the
Queen's Garden Party last June (2010) representing the BBC. Ms
McIntyre's husband Andrew had the pleasure of escorting her.
General good wishes all round.
+ Ralph Sultan, MLA
[on holiday in Vermont so sent these remarks]
I am flattered that my good friend Carolanne Reynolds has once
again provided an opportunity to extend my greetings on the occasion
of her 12th annual ROYAL TEA at Dundarave Park.
I pay tribute to Carolanne for keeping our royal heritage alive
in West Vancouver. Our attachment to "the royals" should be
driven by much more than pure nostalgia; for never before in our
memory has the dysfunction of the alternative republican system of
government been more obvious than last week's disgraceful spectacle
of the United States government -- humbled and blackmailed and
confused. The constitutional monarchy has stood the test of time
- buttressed by such affectionate displays as organized by Carolanne
Reynolds here today.
Thank goodness for Queen Elizabeth. And for that matter,
thanks goodness for Kate and William. Long live Royalty in
Canada! God save the Queen!
+ Carolanne Reynolds, Chair of HWV
Thanked the guests, the piper, and those attending.
Picked up on volunteering b/c volunteerism is one of the main
aspects that sets Canada apart from other countries where it is not so
common and it fosters cmnty spirit besides benefiting us all.
(Being a whistleblower is v important to uphold our
values.)
Our constitutional monarchy, interest revived with the recent
tour by Prince William (Duke and Duchess of Cambridge), is a critical
element in our govt, not just for our identity but a fail-safe
mechanism, if you will. If a politician/leader gets out of
control, goes too far, as happened with PM Gough Whitlam in Australia,
there can be a check. The Governor General refused to sign a
'supply' bill (budget/finance) and that brought the govt down.
Most Australians approved.
King Juan Carlos of Spain averted a crisis in the govt (attempted
coup in 1980s).
Prime Minister Harper had to go to the GG for a decision at an
impasse such as govt resigning, other parties forming govt, proroguing
parliament, etc).
Checks and balances -- needed with a republic or dictator.
See you next year!
=== STORYWATCH ===
Aesop Fable
The Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, a great
believer in the power of stories, wrote that, "Storytellers threaten
all the champions of control." Stories enrich our expressive
vocabulary, and give us new ways to imagine and talk about social and
political change.
Aesop knew this well.
In one of his more subversive fables, Lion,
Fox, and Donkey go hunting. Lion asks Donkey to divide the meat, and
Donkey divides it into three equal parts. Then Lion kills him, tosses
the carcass on the pile, and asks Fox to try. Fox pushes everything
over to Lion except for one dead crow. "How did you learn to divide
things so equally?" Lion asks. "I studied with the dead donkey,"
replies the fox.
A useful, if chilling, story to remember in
the age of Enron, Lehman Brothers, and the widening gap between the
rich and the rest of us.
from
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1041607--the-tale-of-rob-ford-and-how-he-s-lost-the-plot
=== PET RULES / PETS RULE?
===
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE PETS, THIS IS
A TRUE STORY.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T, IT IS A TRUE
STORY.
The following was found posted very
low on a refrigerator door.
Dear Dogs and Cats:
The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain
your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Placing a
paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim
for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically
pleasing in the slightest.
The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a
racetrack. Racing me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me
doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.
I cannot buy anything bigger than a king-sized bed.
I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on
the couch to ensure your comfort, however. Dogs and cats can actually
curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep
perpendicular to each other, stretched out to the fullest extent
possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having
tongues hanging out on the other end to maximize space is nothing but
sarcasm.
For the last time, there is no secret
exit from the bathroom! If, by some miracle, I beat you
there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw,
whine, meow, try to turn the knob, or get your paw under the edge in
an attempt to open the door. I must exit through the same door I
entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years -
canine/feline attendance is not required...
> The proper order for kissing is: Kiss me
first, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot
stress this enough.
> Finally, in fairness, dear pets, I have posted the
following message on the front door:
TO ALL NON-PET OWNERS WHO VISIT AND LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR
PETS:
(1) They live here. You don't.
(2) If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the
furniture. That's why they call it 'fur'-niture.
(3) I like my pets a lot more than I like most people..
(4) To you, they are animals. To me, they are adopted
sons/daughters who are short, hairy, walk on all fours, and don't
speak clearly.
Remember, dogs and cats are easier to raise than kids because
they:
(1) eat less,
(2) don't ask for money all the time,
(3) are easier to train,
(4) normally come when called,
(5) never ask to drive the car,
(6) don't smoke or drink,
(7) don't want to wear your clothes,
(8) don't have to buy the latest fashions,
(9) don't need a gazillion dollars for college,
and
(10) if they get pregnant, you can sell their
children ...
=== LANGUAGEWATCH ===
always changing....
2011 Sept 10, Michael Quinion writes:
TRANSPORT OF DELIGHT
My wife and I were in the Scilly Isles over the weekend. To get
there we had to travel to Penzance on a train that was too long for
several of the little Cornish stations where we stopped on the way.
The guard had to announce which carriages were alongside the platform
at each railway station so passengers knew where to alight. There was
plenty of time to muse on the way that the vocabulary of British
railways has so much changed after privatisation in the 1990s that the
previous sentence is archaic. The guard has become the train
manager, carriages are coaches, and almost everyone now speaks of
train stations. For a while, those who rode trains were referred to as
customers rather than as passengers, but this bit of awful
marketing-speak seems to have been reversed by some diktat from on
high. Most significantly, the announcements introduced me to a new
verb: "Only coaches A, B and C will be PLATFORMED", that is,
only those three would lie alongside the platform at each stop.
[World Wide Words is copyright (c) Michael Quinion 2011.
All rights reserved.
The Words website is at http://www.worldwidewords.org
.]
=== WORDWATCH ===
o PLURALS
What's the plural of the word prius? Priuses. Marketers at Toyota
conducted a poll asking people to vote for their choice of plural for
Toyota Prius. Prii received the maximum number of votes.
o CAR NAMES
* Camry
is an anagram of "My car".
*
"A TOYOTA" is a palindrome, and forms a mirror
image.
*
Chevrolet named a car Nova. In Spanish "No va" means
"It doesn't go."
* Then
there was the unreliable Yugo which earned the nickname "You no
go."
* Saab
is an acronym for Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (Swedish Aircraft
Company Ltd)
* BMW
is Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works).
o What does WORD
mean?
In western philosophy, 'word' (the
essential connotative, conceptual particle of language) is strongly
related to logos and reason. There exists a sensibility that
"word" is highly connected to 'truth' or 'idea.' One could
say that the western attitude to "word" is logos-centric.
However, in Japan, 'word' is definitively regarded as
"koto-no-ha" (a margin of a fact), and so is neither logos
nor reason. "Word" could be a way to truth or idea, but it
is not highly connected to these. The Japanese attitude to "word"
is thus not logos-centric. Additionally, in Japan, there is a belief
that 'word' has spiritual power. This power is called "kotodama"
(word spirit). In Shintoism, our world is full of word spirits. Word
spirits are not only possessed by human beings but also word spirits
belong to animals, plants, stones, mountains, rivers, seas, etc. All
sounds in the natural world are likewise word spirits, and so they are
also seeds of poetry. This belief is animistic. (c.f. Japanese
Mythologies in the Kojiki, and ancient Japanese poetry in the
Man'y?shu, also Noh plays such as Takasago.)
from
http://simplyhaiku.com/SHv4n2/features/Gilbert.html
o NEW WORD
-- Anthropocene
A new name given to this epoch -- the Age of Humans in
effect.
The Anthropocene is a recent and informal geologic
chronological term that serves to mark the evidence and extent of
human activities that have had a ...
It's a new name for a new
geologic epoch--one defined by our own massive impact on the planet.
That mark will endure in the geologic record long after
our ...
26 May 2011 - The advent of the Anthropocene promises more, though, than a scientific
nicety or a new way of grabbing the eco-jaded public's
attention.
...
27 Feb 2011 - There is serious talk among scientists
that a new geologic era has begun, called the Anthropocene.
=== Vancouver Haiku Group
===
{For the record, I'm a mbr of
Pacifi-kana (mbrs in BC, Yukon, and WA). VHG is a new group and
looks interesting. I've read Jessica Tremblay's old pond
comics in the past -- amusing and enjoyable -- and have put that part
in italics .}
MESSAGE:
Join us for the September meeting of the Vancouver Haiku
Group
The next meeting for the Vancouver Haiku Group will be Sunday,
September 18 from 1 to 4pm at the Britannia Community Services Centre
in the Family Resource Centre across from the library. The centre is
located at 1661 Napier Street in Vancouver (...just off Commercial
Drive) where a large parking lot with free parking is located behind
the facility [access to parking, located west of the ice rink, is off
Venables Street].
In addition to this, I am happy to announce that the Britannia
Community Services Centre has become a sponsor for Vancouver Haiku
Group and will provide a venue for upcoming meetings during 2011
through to June 2012.
The September meeting will begin with an exercise on enhancing
haiku. Please forward two haiku using the kigo phrase "Harvest
Moon". Kigo is a word or phrase associated with a particular season,
used in Japanese poetry. During this exercise, for the purpose of
integrity and equality, authors will remain anonymous. Also, as it is
common in Japan to add context to haiku by providing a few
interpretive lines, please include a short synopsis for each poem
(just a sentence or two). This will leave little room for
misinterpretation during the exercise.
The Harvest Moon is on Monday, September 12, when the full
moon will be in Pisces. Astrologically speaking, this is a romantic,
impressionable moon and exceptionally imaginative. I've included
a link to Neil Young's
Harvest Moon for inspiration. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVi0UvFu8Yo.
Also, Jessica Tremblay will present the origin of Old Pond
Haiku Comics and the similarities between comics and haiku (20-25
minutes). Old Pond Comics feature the adventures of Kaeru, a young
frog (the frog who inspired Basho's famous haiku) who becomes the
apprentice of Master Kawazu. Jessica has suggested participants read
the following chapters before the upcoming meeting: http://oldpond.voila.net/master.html and http://oldpond.voila.net/nahaiwrimo.html.
An intuitive exercise will also be included and will focus on the
calla lily known for its magnificence and beauty. The exercise will
encourage participants to intuit and incorporate juxtaposition in
haiku.
The meeting will end with a brief discussion on favourite haiku,
interesting articles and/or books, upcoming events and contests, etc.
If you have any questions, regarding the above information, please
forward an email through my contact information listed below.
I look forward to reading your haiku on the Harvest Moon.
Blessings,
Angela J. Naccarato
=== MAIKU ===
August 2011, on the edge of fall!
in the
autumn of our lives ~~
blaze of colour; brisk;
exhilarating
!
~~~
QUOTATIONS / THOUGHTS/PUNS ~~~
Stupidity is far more dangerous than
evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does
not.
-- Anatole France, French
novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844 - 1924)
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by
those who have not got it.
Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until
all factors are favourable are the kind who do nothing.
--
William Feather
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported
to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context
-- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.
--
Carl Sagan, US astronomer and writer (1934 - 1996)
A nation that forgets its past has no
future.
-- Winston
Churchill
People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness.
Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten
lost.
--
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The purpose of life is not to be happy. The purpose of life is
to matter, to be productive, to have it make some difference that you
lived at all.
--
Arthur H. Prince
He who listens to truth is not less than he who utters
truth.
--
Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet and artist (1883-1931)
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when
the need for illusion is deep.
--
Saul Bellow, Canadian-born US writer, Nobel laureate (1915-2005)
The most important thing in communication is
hearing what isn't
said.
-- Peter Drucker
That all men should be brothers is the dream of
people who have no brothers. -- Charles Chincholles
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the
soul. -- Yiddish
proverb
The human mind is not a deep-freeze for
storage; the human mind is a forge for production.
--
Arthur H. Prince, PhD, Memphis, TN
We have transformed the idea that bankers would self-regulate
from a crackpot notion into the essence of government policy, with
results as predictable as if we removed all traffic lights and stop
signs on the theory that most drivers are responsible.
DAVID CAY JOHNSTON (journalist and author of Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System
to Benefit the Super Rich =97 and Cheat Everybody Else, 2005),
=93Fiscal Therapy,=94 Mother Jones, January
2009.
Announcer: For the first ten months of 2009, lobbying
money from the [U.S.] Finance Sector: $334 million.
Lobbying money from the Health Sector: $396 million. Real
Reform? Priceless.
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL, intersegment
comment, 18 December 2009.
Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel,
the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the
domestication of the human male.
--
Max Lerner, American journalist and educator (1902 - 1992)
Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more
trouble.
--
Martin Mull, American actor and painter (b 1943)
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a
train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
[--
who?]
Don't worry if your work is hard and your rewards are few.
Remember the mighty oak was once a nut like you.
--
unknown
One starts to get young at the age of sixty, and
unfortunately it's too late. -- Pablo
Picasso
Are you humbly grateful? Or grumbly
hateful? -- Pastor Roland Smith
JOKE OF THE DAY
A
recently spotted bumper sticker: My other vehicle is the
mahayana.
I'm bad
at math, so the equation 2n + 2n is 4n to me.
Having
too many vowels is a consonant struggle in the game of
Scrabble.
My
friend said that if Watergate had happened in Scotland they would've
had Scotch tape.
Termites in the orchestra pit can lead to digestive
harp failure.
The
young pine sapling was admonished by his father. Apparently he'd been
knotty.
The new
weed whacker is cutting-hedge technology.
Zookeepers spot clean their leopards.
The
headlines nobody likes are wrinkles.
I did a
theatrical performance about puns. Really it was just a play on
words
Do you know
what Mahatma Gandhi and Mary Poppins have in
common?
Gandhi walked
every where he went, which produced enormous callouses on his feet. He
ate very little, so he was a very fragile man. Also, his strange
diet caused him to suffer from bad breath.
So Gandhi could
be described as a super calloused fragile mystic hexed by
halitosis.